What is CVE-2016-0244?

CVE-2016-0244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-0244?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in IBM Websphere Portal

CVE-2016-0244

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0.x through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5.x through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.x through 7.0.0.2 CF29, 8.0.x before 8.0.0.1 CF20, and 8.5.x before 8.5.0.0 CF09 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0243.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Websphere_portal — versions 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0244?: CVE-2016-0244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Websphere Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-0244?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.