Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:LSummary
CVE-2025-13096 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Ibm Business Automation Workflow. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 38th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-13096 is an XML external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability, classified under CWE-918, affecting specific versions of IBM Business Automation Workflow. The impacted software includes IBM Business Automation Workflow containers from V25.0.0 through V25.0.0-IF007, V24.0.1 through V24.0.1-IF007, and V24.0.0 through V24.0.0-IF007, as well as IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional deployments at V25.0.0, V24.0.1, and V24.0.0. The flaw arises when the software processes XML data, enabling potential exploitation as scored at CVSS 7.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L).
A remote attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to disclose sensitive information due to the high confidentiality impact (C:H) or cause limited denial of service through memory resource consumption (A:L), with no integrity impact.
IBM's security advisory provides details on mitigation and patches; refer to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7259321 for remediation guidance specific to the affected versions.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-206752
Vulnerability Data
IBM Business Automation Workflow containers V25.0.0 through V25.0.0-IF007, V24.0.1 - V24.0.1-IF007, V24.0.0 - V24.0.0-IF007 and IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional V25.0.0, V24.0.1, V24.0.0 is vulnerable to an XML external entity injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker…
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could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Information flow enforcement can restrict which destinations the server is allowed to contact on behalf of users.
Input validation directly stops untrusted URLs from being accepted and fetched without destination checks.
Boundary protection limits the network reach of server-initiated requests even if SSRF occurs.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure development practices directly include input validation and destination allow-listing that prevent SSRF.
Runtime monitoring of web applications and services can detect anomalous outbound requests indicative of SSRF.
Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record SSRF flaws in web applications.
Network segmentation and egress controls can limit the damage from successful SSRF requests.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Operational threat data describing SSRF campaigns can be used to tighten outbound-request allow-lists and detection rules before attackers exploit them.