{"id":"CVE-2025-27896","title":"IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting","summary":"IBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functio…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-10-12","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T23:17:18.603","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27896","references":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7290893","label":"psirt@us.ibm.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-12T21:04:28.914Z","slug":"CVE-2025-27896","body":"## Overview\n\nIBM Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windows 5.5 IF 2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":34,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":33.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}