CVE-2016-5984

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

IBM InfoSphere Information Server es vulnerable a las secuencias de marco cruzados, causadas por una protección iframe HTML insuficiente. Un atacante remoto podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad utilizando una URL especialmente manipulada para navegar a una página web que controla el atacante. Un atacante podría usar esta vulnerabilidad para llevar a cabo ataques de secuestro de clic o del navegador del lado del cliente.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-06-29 CVE Reserved
2017-02-01 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95106	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991682	2017-02-13

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Infosphere Information Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server"				8.7 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server" and version "8.7"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Infosphere Information Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server"				9.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server" and version "9.1"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Infosphere Information Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server"				11.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server" and version "11.3"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Infosphere Information Server Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server"				11.5 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server" and version "11.5"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Infosphere Information Server On Cloud Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server On Cloud"				11.5 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Infosphere Information Server On Cloud" and version "11.5"		-		Affected