CVE-2016-2997 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2995, CVE-2016-3005, and CVE-2016-3010

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2995, CVE-2016-3005, and CVE-2016-3010

Published Sep 1, 2016

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.80%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2995, CVE-2016-3005, and CVE-2016-3010.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.80% 0.00802

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

EPSS probability 0.00802

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	0.80% (0.00802)	55.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.80% (0.00802)	51.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.20% (0.00199)	39.93th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00072)	33.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 18, 2024	0.07% (0.00072)	31.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00072)	29.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.06% (0.01061)	52.82th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 19, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	51.19th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	49.19th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	28.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO89929
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARNot Applicable
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988991
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92580
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO89929		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARNot Applicable
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988991		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92580		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Sep 1, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Mar 9, 2016

Link CVE-2016-2997

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-2997

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-2997