What is CVE-2016-5984?

CVE-2016-5984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere_information_server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-5984?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Ibm Infosphere_information_server

CVE-2016-5984

IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to cross-frame scripting, caused by insufficient HTML iframe protection. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to navigate to a web page the attacke…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Infosphere_information_server — versions 8.7, 9.1, 11.3
Ibm Infosphere_information_server_on_cloud — versions 11.5
Ibm Corporation Infosphere Information Server — versions 8.7, 8.1, 11.5

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, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5984?: CVE-2016-5984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere_information_server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-5984?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.