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CVE-2016-2992

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2992 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, allowing authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the Web UI. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction and low privileges, potentially leading to credential disclosure within a trusted session. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, the vulnerability received limited community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:biginsights:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 66th 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

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

ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95979
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry