# CVE-2016-0255: Cross-site scripting in Marketing Platform

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts into IBM Marketing Platform pages to steal user authentication credentials via stored XSS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 May 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fqjw-66q8-mph5

## What is CVE-2016-0255?

CVE-2016-0255 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Corporation Marketing Platform, published on 5 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Marketing Platform 9.1 and 10.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 110564.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0255?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Marketing Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-0255?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-0255 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation Marketing Platform

- [CVE-2016-0224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0224/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-0233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0233/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-1424](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1424/): XML external entity in Marketing Platform (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2018-1920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1920/): XML external entity in Marketing Platform (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2013-6311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6311/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-0255 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-0255 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM Corporation Marketing Platform, published on 5 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Corporation Marketing Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0255/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0255/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0255
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0255
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0255

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