What is CVE-2016-8924?

CVE-2016-8924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Maximo_asset_management, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2017-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-8924?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

XSS in Ibm Maximo_asset_management

CVE-2016-8924

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1, 7.5 and 7.6 could allow a remote attacker to hijack a user's session, caused by the failure to invalidate an existing session identifier. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to anoth…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (43.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Maximo_asset_management — versions 7.1, 7.5, 7.6
Ibm Corporation Maximo Asset Management — versions 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.5, 7.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8924?: CVE-2016-8924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Maximo_asset_management, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2017-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-8924?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.