What is CVE-2016-2878?

CVE-2016-2878 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2016-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-2878?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

CSRF in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2016-2878

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 before MR2 Patch 13 and 7.2 before 7.2.7 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager — versions 7.1.0, 7.2.0, 7.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95004 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2878?: CVE-2016-2878 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2016-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-2878?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.