CVE-2016-5984

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to cross-frame scripting, caused by insufficient HTML iframe protection. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to navigate to a web page the attacker controls. An attacker could use this vulnerability to conduct clickjacking or other client-side browser attacks.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
IBM CorporationInfoSphere Information Server8.1; 8.5; 8.0; 8.5.0.1; 8.7; 9.1; 8.0.1; 10.0; 11.3; 10; 11.3.0.0; 11.3.1.0; 11.5

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 1, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-5984: Medium severity, CVSS 6.1 | Vulnix