What is CVE-2016-5974?

CVE-2016-5974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5974?

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

XSS in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance

CVE-2016-5974

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an embedded string.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.6th 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 Security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5974?: CVE-2016-5974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5974?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.