What is CVE-2016-6588?

CVE-2016-6588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec It Management Suite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-6588?

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

XSS in Symantec It Management Suite

CVE-2016-6588

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the ITMS workflow process manager console in Symantec IT Management Suite 8.0.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-01-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec It Management Suite — versions before 8.0 HF4
Symantec It Management Suite — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93952 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp (Vendor Advisory)
support.symantec.com/us/en/article.symsa1383.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6588?: CVE-2016-6588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec It Management Suite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-6588?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.