CVE-2016-5883: IBM Inotes

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM iNotes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM Reference #: 1997010.

Affected products

• IBM Inotes: version 8.5.1.0 only; version 8.5.1.1 only; version 8.5.1.2 only; version 8.5.1.3 only; version 8.5.1.4 only; version 8.5.1.5 only; …

Published 2017-02-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.