What is CVE-2016-0269?

CVE-2016-0269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-0269?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in IBM Bigfix Platform

CVE-2016-0269

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM BigFix Platform 9.x before 9.1.8 and 9.2.x before 9.2.7 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-07-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Bigfix Platform — versions 9.2.0, 9.2.1, 9.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/91690 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0269?: CVE-2016-0269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Bigfix Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-0269?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.