CVE-2016-8999
IBM InfoSphere Information Server contains a Path-relative stylesheet import vulnerability that...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-8999- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-8999- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9824 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9824- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2r9p-x5v3-jc5q
IBM InfoSphere Information Server contains a Path-relative stylesheet import vulnerability that...
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.
- Record
GHSA-2r9p-x5v3-jc5q- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-8999 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, published February 1, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.