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CVE-2016-2998

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Publication date:
01/09/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in IBM Connections 4.0 through CR4, 4.5 through CR5, 5.0 before CR4, and 5.5 before CR1 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that update data.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.50 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
3.50
Severity 3.x
LOW
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.50 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
3.50
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:4.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:connections:5.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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