# CVE-2016-5978: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in the web portal in IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience before 8.7.1.8847 FP10, 8.8 befo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-09-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web UI in the web portal in IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience before 8.7.1.8847 FP10, 8.8 before 8.8.0.9049 FP9, 9.0.0 and 9.0.1 before 9.0.1.1117 FP5, 9.0.1A before 9.0.1.5108_9.0.1A FP5, 9.0.2 before 9.0.2.1223 FP3, and 9.0.2A before 9.0.2.5224_9.0.2A FP3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an embedded string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5975.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93140
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990216

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