CVE-2016-2945

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The API Discovery implementation in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 8.5.5.8 through 8.5.5.9 Liberty before Liberty Fix Pack 16.0.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via an external reference in a Swagger document.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Jul 8, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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