CVE-2016-2956

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.4

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 5.0 before CR4 and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2954 and CVE-2016-3008.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-2956

Assigner
psirt@us.ibm.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-09-01T10:59:02

Last Modified Date
2016-11-28T20:05:38

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0.0.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.5.0.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.5

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
6.8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.4

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.3

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988990	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92542

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2956
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2956

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:05:09				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:58:24	2016-09-01T10:59Z	2016-09-01T10:59:02	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 10:58:24		2016-11-28T20:05:38	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 10:58:24		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated