CVE-2016-6061 IBM CVE debrief

Who should care

Administrators and security teams responsible for IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management deployments, especially environments exposing the affected web UI to authenticated users. Application owners should also care if users can create or render content in the interface.

Technical summary

NVD classifies the weakness as CWE-79 (cross-site scripting) with CVSS 3.0 vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is triggered through web UI content handling, where a user may be able to inject JavaScript that executes in another user’s trusted browser session. NVD’s affected CPEs list IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management versions 4.0.0 through 6.0.2.

Defensive priority

Medium. The issue requires user interaction and limited privileges, but it can affect session integrity and credential confidentiality in a trusted browser context.

Recommended defensive actions

• Review IBM’s vendor advisory and apply the referenced patch or update for the affected product line.
• Inventory deployments mapped to IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management versions 4.0.0 through 6.0.2 and confirm whether they are exposed.
• Audit web UI fields, rich-text inputs, and any content rendering paths for untrusted HTML or script injection handling.
• Ensure output encoding and input sanitization controls are in place for user-supplied content.
• Monitor for signs of stored or reflected XSS abuse in authenticated user workflows.
• Restrict privileged actions and sensitive session operations where practical to reduce impact if XSS occurs.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied NVD/CVE corpus and linked vendor references. NVD lists the weakness as CWE-79 and provides the CVSS 3.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The supplied NVD metadata maps affected versions to IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 4.0.0 through 6.0.2. References supplied in NVD include IBM’s support advisory (swg21996097) and a SecurityFocus BID entry (95117). The CVE was published on 2017-02-01 and modified on 2026-05-13 per the supplied timeline.

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