CVE-2016-3020
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…
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- ibm
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 30% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Bypass Security
- CWE-284 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-284 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM Corporation · Access Manager
- affected 9.0
- affected 9.0.0.1
- affected 9.0.1
- affected 7.0.0
- affected 8.0.0
- affected 8.0.0.1
- affected 8.0.0.2
- affected 8.0.0.3
- affected 8.0.0.4
- affected 8.0.0.5
- affected 8.0.1
- affected 8.0.1.2
- affected 8.0.1.3
- affected 8.0.1.4
- affected 9.0.0
- affected 9.0.1.0
- affected 9.0.2.0
References (1)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996826 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-3020)Record last updated .