What is CVE-2016-9979?

CVE-2016-9979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Curam Social Program Management, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-9979?

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

XSS in Ibm Curam Social Program Management

CVE-2016-9979

IBM Curam Social Program Management 5.2, 6.0, and 7.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to c…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th 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 Curam Social Program Management — versions 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0, 5.2, 4.5, 6.0.3, 6.1, 5.2.6, 6.0.1, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, 7.0.0
Ibm Curam_social_program_management — versions 6.0.4.0, 6.0.4.1, 6.0.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9979?: CVE-2016-9979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Curam Social Program Management, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-9979?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.