CVE-2016-0243 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting multiple versions of IBM WebSphere Portal, specifically 6.1.0.x, 6.1.5.x, 7.x, 8.0.x, and 8.5.x. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML through a specially crafted URL. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be executed with low attack complexity (AC:L) over the network (AV:N), potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_portal:6.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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