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CVE-2016-8943

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8943 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center and IBM Spectrum Control, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the Web UI. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction and low privileges, potentially leading to credential disclosure within a trusted session. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_control:5.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:tivoli_storage_productivity_center:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 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, 0.0 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

ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94917
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry