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CVE-2016-2991

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2991 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security versions 2.8.0.0 through 2.8.1.0 prior to 2.8.1.0-22115. These flaws allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. With a CVSSv3 score of 5.4 (Medium), successful exploitation requires user interaction and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92391
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry