CVE-2016-2901

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the PA_Theme_Creator application in IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 CF08 through CF10 and Web Content Manager allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 26, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-2901: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix