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FKIE_CVE-2016-5981

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-11-25 03:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50

Severity

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM FileNet Workplace XT through 1.1.5.2-WPXT-LA011 and FileNet Workplace (Application Engine) through 4.0.2.14-P8AE-IF001, when RegExpSecurityFilter and ScriptSecurityFilter are misconfigured, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@us.ibm.com	http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990899	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94517
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990899	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94517

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ibm	filenet_workplace	*
	ibm	filenet_workplace_xt	*

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CVE-2016-5981 (GCVE-0-2016-5981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-25 03:38 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:15

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

ibm mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94517	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-10-07 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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