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CVE-2016-9692

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9692 affects IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution versions 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0, stemming from improper validation of user-supplied input. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) allows a remote attacker to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domains, potentially leading to attacks on other systems. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 66/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_cast_iron_solution:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_cast_iron_solution:7.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_cast_iron_solution:7.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_cast_iron_solution:7.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_cast_iron_solution:7.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/98337
Broken Link