CVE-2016-2991 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security 2.8.0.0 through 2.8.1.0 before 2.8.1.0-22115 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security 2.8.0.0 through 2.8.1.0 before 2.8.1.0-22115 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors

Published Dec 1, 2016

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.64%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security 2.8.0.0 through 2.8.1.0 before 2.8.1.0-22115 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.64% 0.00642

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00642

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.64% (0.00642)	48.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.64% (0.00642)	45.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.15% (0.00154)	33.57th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00060)	27.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 31, 2024	0.06% (0.00060)	25.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00060)	23.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (2)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985280
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92391
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985280		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92391		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Dec 1, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Mar 9, 2016

Link CVE-2016-2991

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-2991

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-2991