What is CVE-2016-2881?

CVE-2016-2881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-2881?

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

Vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager

CVE-2016-2881

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 before MR2 Patch 13 and 7.2 before 7.2.7 and QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2 before 7.2.7 allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via modified request parameters.

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

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2881?: CVE-2016-2881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information And Event Manager, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-2881?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.