CVE-2016-3042

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty before 16.0.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving OpenID Connect clients.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: all versions

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI64790
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21986716
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92985
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI64790
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21986716
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92985

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