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CVE-2016-2995

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2995 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting IBM Connections versions 4.0 through 5.5, allowing authenticated attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML into the Web UI. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction and low privileges, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not widely targeted. Its EPSS score is very low, further indicating a low probability of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 88th 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
Not Applicable
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92576