CVE-2016-3020 (GCVE-0-2016-3020)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-07 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:40
VLAI
Summary
IBM Security Access Manager for Web 7.0.0, 8.0.0, and 9.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper content validation. By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass validation and load a page with malicious content.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Bypass Security
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation Access Manager Affected: 9.0
Affected: 9.0.0.1
Affected: 9.0.1
Affected: 7.0.0
Affected: 8.0.0
Affected: 8.0.0.1
Affected: 8.0.0.2
Affected: 8.0.0.3
Affected: 8.0.0.4
Affected: 8.0.0.5
Affected: 8.0.1
Affected: 8.0.1.2
Affected: 8.0.1.3
Affected: 8.0.1.4
Affected: 9.0.0
Affected: 9.0.1.0
Affected: 9.0.2.0
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2017-01-30 00:00
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