CVE-2016-2901

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the PA_Theme_Creator application in IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 CF08 through CF10 and Web Content Manager allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that insert XSS sequences.

Affected products

IBM Web Content Manager: all versions
IBM WebSphere Portal: 8.5.0.0

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI62594
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983974
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036143
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI62594
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983974
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036143

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