CVE-2016-3040 — IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors

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IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors

Published Sep 26, 2016

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.05%

Description

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.05% 0.01051

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

EPSS probability 0.01051

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	1.05% (0.01051)	63.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.05% (0.01051)	59.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00113)	27.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00070)	32.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.07% (0.00070)	30.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00070)	28.57th	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-601

Open Redirect

References (2)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92986
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989205		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92986		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

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-2016-3040

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-3040

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-3040