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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway are Vulnerable to Improper Neutralization (CVE-2025-5878)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway have addressed the improper neutralization vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2025-5878
DESCRIPTION:   A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of special elements. The attack may be initiated remotely and an exploit has been disclosed to the public. The project was contacted early about this issue and handled it with an exceptional level of professionalism. Upgrading to version 2.7.0.0 is able to address this issue. Commit ID f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 is disabling the feature by default and any attempt to use it will trigger a warning. And commit ID e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 is updating the misleading Java class documentation to warn about the risks.
CWE:   CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CVSS Source:   cna@vuldb.com
CVSS Base score:   7.3
CVSS Vector:   (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway6.0.0.0 - 6.1.2.7_1
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway6.2.0.0 - 6.2.0.5
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway6.2.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVersionAPARRemediation & Fix
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway6.0.0.0 - 6.1.2.7_1IT48371Apply B2Bi 6.1.2.7_2, 6.2.0.5_1 or 6.2.1.1_1
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway6.2.0.0 - 6.2.0.5IT48371Apply B2Bi 6.2.0.5_1 or 6.2.1.1_1
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway6.2.1.1IT48371Apply B2Bi 6.2.1.1_1

 

The IIM versions of 6.1.2.7_2, 6.2.0.5_1 and 6.2.1.1_1 are available on Fix Central

The container version of 6.1.2.7_2, 6.2.0.5_1 and 6.2.1.1_1 are available in IBM Entitled Registry.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

21 Nov 2025: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
21 November 2025

UID

ibm17252195