CVE-2016-0308 (GCVE-0-2016-0308)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-08 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:15
VLAI
Summary
IBM Connections 5.5 and earlier is vulnerable to possible link manipulation attack that could result in the display of inappropriate background images.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Gain Access
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation Connections Affected: 4.5
Affected: 3.0
Affected: 3.0.1
Affected: 3.0.1.1
Affected: 4.0
Affected: 5.0
Affected: 5.5
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Date Public
2016-08-09 00:00
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