# CVE-2024-49791: IBM ApplinX Cross-Site Scripting

> An authenticated user can inject JavaScript into the IBM ApplinX web interface, potentially stealing credentials from other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 22 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xgmj-5fg9-4g8f

## What is CVE-2024-49791?

CVE-2024-49791 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM ApplinX, published on 5 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM ApplinX 11.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user 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-2024-49791?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Applinx.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49791?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49791 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49791 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49791 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM ApplinX

- [CVE-2025-36418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36418/): Multiple vulnerabilities found in IBM ApplinX. (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-36408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36408/): Multiple vulnerabilities found in IBM ApplinX. (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-49797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49797/): IBM ApplinX Information Disclosure (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2025-36409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36409/): Multiple vulnerabilities found in IBM ApplinX. (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-49792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49792/): IBM ApplinX Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49791 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49791 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM ApplinX, published on 5 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49791 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM ApplinX. 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-2024-49791/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49791/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49791
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49791
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49791

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