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 improp…

Published 9 y ago 2017-02-07 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

5.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.2%

percentile 69%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Affected products

IBM Corporation Access Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996826 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-3020
NVD: CVE-2016-3020

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