CVE-2016-0280

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Published 2016-08-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

5.4

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.4

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Information Server Framework 8.5, Information Server Framework and InfoSphere Information Server Business Glossary 8.7 before FP2, Information Server Framework and InfoSphere Information Server Business Glossary 9.1 before 9.1.2.0, Information Server Framework and InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog 11.3 before 11.3.1.2, and Information Server Framework and InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog 11.5 before 11.5.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

64%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	information_server_framework	`8.5`
ibm	information_server_framework	`8.7`
ibm	information_server_framework	`9.1`
ibm	information_server_framework	`11.3`
ibm	information_server_framework	`11.5`
ibm	infosphere_information_governance_catalog	`11.3`
ibm	infosphere_information_governance_catalog	`11.5`
ibm	infosphere_information_server_business_glossary	`8.7`
ibm	infosphere_information_server_business_glossary	`9.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.