What is CVE-2016-2956?

CVE-2016-2956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Connections, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-2956?

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

XSS in IBM Connections

CVE-2016-2956

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 5.0 before CR4 and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2954 and CVE-2016-3008.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ibm Connections — versions 5.0.0.0, 5.5.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2956?: CVE-2016-2956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Connections, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-2956?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.