IBM webMethods IS 10.5-10.15 Privilege Escalation via External Entity Handling
CVE-2025-36048 Published on June 18, 2025

IBM webMethods Integration Sever code execution
IBM webMethods Integration Server 10.5, 10.7, 10.11, and 10.15 could allow a privileged user to escalate their privileges when handling external entities due to execution with unnecessary privileges.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-36048 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-36048

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Affected Versions

IBM webMethods Integration Server:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.51%
Percentile
66.65%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.