What is CVE-2016-5901?

CVE-2016-5901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Business Process Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-5901?

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

XSS in IBM Business Process Manager

CVE-2016-5901

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in a test page in IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 8.5.6.0 through 8.5.7.0 before cumulative fix 2016.09 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th 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 Business_process_manager — versions 8.5.6.0, 8.5.6.1, 8.5.6.2
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)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5901?: CVE-2016-5901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Business Process Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-5901?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.