IBM CICS TX clickjacking
IBM CICS TX 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 229461.
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- Dec 12, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 49th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-1021
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.1
- CNA · ibm
- 5.4
- 0.7 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | cics tx | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cics_tx |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm cics tx11.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
IBM CICS TX
- 11.1affected
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-31767IBM CICS TX Standard and Advanced 11.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system by sending a specially craf41Plan
- CVE-2024-41744IBM CICS TX Standard cross-site request forgery35Monitor
- CVE-2022-34161IBM CICS TX 11.1 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions tra35Monitor
- CVE-2025-1331IBM CICS TX code execution31Monitor
- CVE-2025-1330IBM CICS TX code execution31Monitor
- CVE-2025-1329IBM CICS TX code execution31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-1021 · Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or FramesCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- ClickjackingCAPEC-103likelihood: Medium · High
- Flash File OverlayCAPEC-181Medium
- iFrame OverlayCAPEC-222likelihood: Medium · High
- Task ImpersonationCAPEC-504likelihood: Medium · High
- TapjackingCAPEC-506likelihood: Low · Low
- Cross Frame Scripting (XFS)CAPEC-587High
- Credential Prompt ImpersonationCAPEC-654likelihood: Medium · High
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229461
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6833186
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6833188
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.