Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-2513

High

Published: 12 March 2026

Published
12 March 2026
Modified
12 March 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0029 20.2th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-2513 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Progress Flowmon ADS (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Malicious Link (T1204.001); ranked at the 20.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon ADS versions prior to 12.5.5 and 13.0.3, whereby an administrator who clicks a malicious link provided by an attacker may inadvertently trigger unintended actions within their authenticated web session.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
Why these techniques?

XSS (CWE-79) in web UI allows admin to trigger actions by clicking attacker-supplied malicious link, directly enabling user execution via malicious link.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Progress
Flowmon ADS
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References