IBM Financial Transaction Manager cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Financial Transaction Manager. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-18131. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Financial Transaction Manager (version unknown). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in an authenticated user's browser due to improper neutralization of HTML input.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-18131 since 07/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/23/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/28/2026 CVE reserved
09/22/2026 +56 days VulDB entry created
09/23/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-18131 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-18131
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408765

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2026 00:07
Changes: 09/23/2026 00:07 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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