VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-2967

medium
Published 2017-08-29 · Modified 2026-05-13
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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

IBM Sametime 8.5.2 and 9.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Sametime away message altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 113848.

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.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibm ibmsametime8.5.2.0
ibm ibmsametime8.5.2.1
ibm ibmsametime9.0.0.0
ibm ibmsametime9.0.0.1
ibm ibmsametime9.0.1

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.