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CVE-2016-9692: ibm corporation websphere cast iron cloud integration Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 8.6v3.0HighModified
Published 05-05-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9692 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ibm corporation websphere cast iron cloud integration. EPSS estimates a 1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.61%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 is vulnerable to External Service Interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups or HTTP requests to arbitrary domain names. By submitting suitable payloads, an attacker can cause the application server to attack other systems that it can interact with. IBM X-Force ID: 119516.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.58% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ibm1 product
Ibm corporation1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links