CVE-2026-4918

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Description

IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.1 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows an administrative user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS score

4.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-04-23 00:16:46.443000

Last modified

2026-10-26 00:10:00.150000

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