CVE-2018-1666 Cross-site scripting in DataPower Gateway

What is CVE-2018-1666?

CVE-2018-1666 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Datapower Gateway, published on 7 Feb 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.0, 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.11, 7.5.2.0 through 7.5.2.18, 7.5.1.0 through 7.5.1.18, 7.5.0.0 through 7.5.0.19, and 7.7.0.0 through 7.7.1.3 could allow an authenticated user to inject arbitrary messages that would be displayed on the UI. IBM X-Force ID: 144892.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1666?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Datapower Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1666?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1666 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2018-1666 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1666 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Datapower Gateway

• CVE-2026-14269 IBM DataPower Gateway Buffer Overflow Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14502 IBM DataPower Gateway Improper Authentication Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14991 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14992 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-15762 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8

All Ibm Datapower Gateway vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3x43-8h7p-m97w.