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CVE-2016-8999

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server contains a Path-relative stylesheet import vulnerability that allows attackers to render a page in quirks mode thereby facilitating an attacker to inject malicious CSS.

Affected products

• IBM InfoSphere DataStage: 8.7, 9.1, 11.3, 11.5
• IBM InfoSphere Information Server: 8.7, 9.1, 11.3, 11.5
• IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: 11.5

References

• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995155
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95325
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037563
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995155
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95325
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037563

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