What is CVE-2016-2873?

CVE-2016-2873 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-2873?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2016-2873

SQL injection vulnerability in IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 before MR2 Patch 13 and 7.2 before 7.2.7 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2016-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.001

Affected products

IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager — versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95000 (vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2873?: CVE-2016-2873 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-2873?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.