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CVE-2016-0305
IBM Connections is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could…
Medium5.4EPSS 0.66%
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- ibm
Description
IBM Connections is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.66% · top 49% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- Cross-Site Scripting
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
IBM Corporation · Connections
- affected 4.5
- affected 3.0
- affected 3.0.1
- affected 3.0.1.1
- affected 4.0
- affected 5.0
- affected 5.5
References (2)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21986770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 92436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .