# CVE-2025-1997: IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) / IBM DevOps Deploy HTML injection

> Attackers can inject HTML into the web interface, potentially exposing sensitive information to other users.

- **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:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2pv7-j3wp-jhrp

## What is CVE-2025-1997?

CVE-2025-1997 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Urbancode Deploy, published on 27 Mar 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 UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) 7.0 through 7.0.5.25, 7.1 through 7.1.2.21, 7.2 through 7.2.3.14, and 7.3 through 7.3.2.0 / IBM DevOps Deploy 8.0 through 8.0.1.4 and 8.1 through 8.1 

is vulnerable to HTML injection. This vulnerability may allow a user to embed arbitrary HTML tags in the Web UI potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1997?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Devops Deploy, Ibm Urbancode Deploy.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Urbancode Deploy

- [CVE-2024-55904](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55904/): IBM DevOps Deploy / IBM UrbanCode Deploy command injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2026-12085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12085/): Information disclosure in UCD - IBM DevOps Deploy (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-14148](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14148/): IBM DevOps Deploy is susceptible to a Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-56469](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56469/): IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) / IBM DevOps Deploy missing authentication (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-22358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22358/): IBM UrbanCode Deploy session fixation (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1997 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1997 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ibm Urbancode Deploy, published on 27 Mar 2025. 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-2025-1997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Urbancode Deploy. 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-2025-1997/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1997/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1997
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1997
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1997

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1997/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.