CVE-2016-3001 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 4.x through 4.5 CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an embedded string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3003 and CVE-2016-3006

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 4.x through 4.5 CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an embedded string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3003 and CVE-2016-3006

Published Sep 26, 2016

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.80%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM Connections 4.x through 4.5 CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an embedded string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3003 and CVE-2016-3006.

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)	33.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 18, 2024	0.07% (0.00072)	31.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00072)	29.38th	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=swg1LO89962
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93172
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989067
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO89962		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93172		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989067		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Sep 26, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Mar 9, 2016

Link CVE-2016-3001

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-3001

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-3001