CVE-2024-49337 IBM OpenPages HTML injection

Medium 5.4 Published 20 Feb 2025 Updated 15 Aug 2025

Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into workflow email notifications, enabling phishing or identity theft against victims.

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: None listed

What is CVE-2024-49337?

CVE-2024-49337 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM OpenPages with Watson, published on 20 Feb 2025. 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 OpenPages with Watson 8.3 and 9.0 IBM OpenPages

is vulnerable to HTML injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input of text fields used to construct workflow email notifications. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using HTML tags in a text field of an object to inject malicious script into an email which would be executed in a victim's mail client within the security context of the OpenPages mail message. An attacker could use this for phishing or identity theft attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-80

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49337?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Openpages With Watson.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49337 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-2024-49337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c348-367f-c282.