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TI-2016-07371 Aliases CVE-2016-8999GHSA-2r9p-x5v3-jc5q

Cross-site scripting in IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00717 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMInfoSphere Information Server8.1; 8.5; 8.0; 8.5.0.1; 8.7; 9.1; 8.0.1; 10.0; 11.3; 10; 11.3.0.0; 11.3.1.0; 11.5—No fix listedCNA
  • InfoSphere Information Server VendorIBM Affected 8.1; 8.5; 8.0; 8.5.0.1; 8.7; 9.1; 8.0.1; 10.0; 11.3; 10; 11.3.0.0; 11.3.1.0; 11.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.7VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.3VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.5VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.7VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.3VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.5VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server_on_cloud:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.5VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.7 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.3 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_datastage:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.5 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.7 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.3 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.5 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server_on_cloud:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.5 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8999
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2r9p-x5v3-jc5q

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2016-05213 XML external entity injection in IBM InfoSphere Information Server CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2015-01707 IBM InfoSphere DataStage 8.1, 8.5, 8.7, 9.1, and 11.3 through 11.3.1.2 on UNIX allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2011-02755 IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.5 and 8.5.0.1 on Unix and Linux, as used in IBM… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2011-02754 IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.5 and 8.5.0.1 on Unix and Linux, as used in IBM… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2012-00646 The client applications in the DataStage Administrator client in InfoSphere DataStage in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2016-07372 Cross-site scripting in IBM InfoSphere Information Server CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
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Sources

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