What is CVE-2016-0288?

CVE-2016-0288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Appscan. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-06-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-0288?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Security Appscan

CVE-2016-0288

IBM Security AppScan Standard 8.7.x, 8.8.x, and 9.x before 9.0.3.2 and Security AppScan Enterprise allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Security_appscan — versions 8.7.0.0, 8.7.0.1, 8.8.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0288?: CVE-2016-0288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Appscan. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-06-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-0288?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.