CVE-2021-38893

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 and IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0 and 21.0 are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 209512.

Affected products

IBM Business Automation Workflow: 18.0.0.0, 19.0.0.0, 20.0.0.0, 21.0.0.0
IBM Business Process Manager: 8.5.0.0, 8.5.5.0, 8.5.7.0-cf201612, 8.5.7.0-cf201703, 8.5.7.0-cf201706, 8.6.0.0
IBM Workflow Process Service: 21.0.2

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209512
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6526488
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6527782
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209512
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6526488
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6527782

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