What is CVE-2016-0246?

CVE-2016-0246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-0246?

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

XSS in IBM Security Guardium

CVE-2016-0246

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium 8.2 before p310, 9.x through 9.5 before p700, and 10.x through 10.1 before p100 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-10-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Security Guardium — versions 8.2, 9.0, 9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93400 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0246?: CVE-2016-0246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Guardium, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-0246?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.