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CVE-2016-5984

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5984 describes a cross-frame scripting vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Information Server and InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud, stemming from insufficient HTML iframe protection. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows a remote attacker to conduct clickjacking or other client-side browser attacks by tricking a user into navigating to a malicious webpage via a specially crafted URL. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server_on_cloud:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 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/95106
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry