# CVE-2026-2513: Cross-site scripting in Flowmon ADS

> An attacker can trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link to trigger unintended actions in their authenticated session.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qw62-h6wx-wcrr

## What is CVE-2026-2513?

CVE-2026-2513 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Progress Software Flowmon ADS, published on 12 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon ADS versions prior to 12.5.5 and 13.0.3, whereby an administrator who clicks a malicious link provided by an attacker may inadvertently trigger unintended actions within their authenticated web session.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2513?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Flowmon Anomaly Detection System.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-2513?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2513 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-2513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress Software Flowmon ADS

- [CVE-2025-13774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13774/): SQL injection leading to privilege escalation in Progress Flowmon ADS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-9272](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9272/): Possibility of unintended database operations when querying data related to detected anomalies in Progress Flowmon ADS (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-2514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2514/): Possibility of unintended actions when viewing maliciously crafted network data in Progress Flowmon ADS web application (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-2513 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-2513 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Progress Software Flowmon ADS, published on 12 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress Software Flowmon ADS. 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-2026-2513/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2513/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2513
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2513
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-2513

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2513/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.