CVE-2016-3020

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM Security Access Manager 9.0 Firmware: all versions
IBM Security Access Manager For Mobile: all versions
IBM Security Access Manager For Web 7.0 Firmware: all versions
IBM Security Access Manager For Web 8.0 Firmware: all versions

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996826
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996826

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