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CVE-2016-4561

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to in…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
0
none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.47% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • source.ikiwiki.branchable.com /?p=source.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3571 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • ikiwiki.info /security/#index43h2 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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