IBM Financial Transaction Manager up to 4.0.10.0 NetworkAcknowledgement NetworkAcknowledgement.jsx cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM Financial Transaction Manager up to 4.0.10.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file NetworkAcknowledgement.jsx of the component NetworkAcknowledgement. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-18872. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Financial Transaction Manager up to 4.0.10.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file NetworkAcknowledgement.jsx of the component NetworkAcknowledgement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79) in the FTM UI NetworkAcknowledgement React component (NetworkAcknowledgement.jsx:42). A malicious actor can inject script into stored network acknowledgement data that executes in authenticated operator browsers, enabling session hijacking and unauthorized operator-level payment actions.

The advisory is shared for download at ibm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-18872 since 08/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/23/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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Type

• Financial Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Financial Transaction Manager

Version

• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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