CVE-2016-8213

EMC Documentum WebTop Version 6.8, prior to P18 and Version 6.8.1, prior to P06; and EMC Documentum TaskSpace version 6.7SP3, prior to P02; and EMC Documentum Capital Projects Version 1.9, prior to P30 and Version 1.10, prior to P17; and EMC Documentum Administrator Version 7.0, Version 7.1, and Version 7.2 prior to P18 contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Published: 2017-01-23 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-8213 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8213

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.21% 0.25% +0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.25% 0.21% -0.04%
3 2025-03-17 0.25%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-8213

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-8213

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-8213

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc documentum_administrator 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_administrator:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_administrator 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_administrator:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_administrator 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_administrator:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_capital_projects 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_capital_projects:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_capital_projects 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_capital_projects:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_taskspace 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_taskspace:6.7:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_webtop 6.8 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_webtop:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_webtop 6.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_webtop:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-8213

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