CVE-2016-3040
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity...
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-3040- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-3040- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4113 No score
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4113- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-56xg-w34f-m5r4
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity...
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Liberty, as used in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8, allows remote authenticated users to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-56xg-w34f-m5r4- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3040 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance, published September 26, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.