CVE-2016-0310 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Connections 5.5 and earlier is vulnerable to possible host header injection attack that could cause navigation to the attacker's domain.

Published: 2017-02-08

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM Corporation

Connections

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.5`	affected	—
`3.0`	affected	—
`3.0.1`	affected	—
`3.0.1.1`	affected	—
`4.0`	affected	—
`5.0`	affected	—
`5.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-0345	IBM Connections 5.5 and earlier is vulnerable to possible host header injection attack that could cause navigation to the attacker's domain.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00516.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988338
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92437

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Connections

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2017-02-08T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:15:23.387Z

Reserved: 2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0310

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-08T22:59:00.510

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:37:18.687

Link: CVE-2016-0310

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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