CVE-2016-6059 is a high-severity XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability affecting IBM InfoSphere Information Server, including DataStage and the cloud version. This flaw allows a remote, low-privileged attacker to trigger a denial of service by consuming all available memory resources or to expose highly sensitive information. While the CVSS score is 8.1, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited in the wild.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.