# CVE-2024-35146: IBM Maximo Application Suite cross-site scripting

> An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript into the IBM Maximo Monitor UI, potentially stealing credentials from trusted sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rjw7-rc53-vqr5

## What is CVE-2024-35146?

CVE-2024-35146 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite, published on 6 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Monitor Component 8.10.11, 8.11.8, and 9.0.0 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.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35146?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Maximo Application Suite.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35146?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-35146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-35146 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35146 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Application Suite

- [CVE-2025-36386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36386/): There is a vulnerability in the IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite for Cognos Analytics (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-27266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27266/): IBM Maximo Application Suite XML external entity injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2025-2898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2898/): IBM Maximo Application Suite privilege escalation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-22328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22328/): IBM Maximo Application Suite information disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-43037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43037/): IBM Maximo Application Suite improper access control (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35146 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35146 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Maximo Application Suite, published on 6 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35146 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Maximo Application Suite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35146/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35146/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35146
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35146
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35146

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35146/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.