Medium severity · published Feb 2, 2017
CVE-2016-1566
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in Guacamole 0.9.8 and 0.9.9, when file transfer is enabled to a location shared by multiple users, allows remote…
5.4
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in Guacamole 0.9.8 and 0.9.9, when file transfer is enabled to a location shared by multiple users, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename. NOTE: this vulnerability was fixed in guacamole.war on 2016-01-13, but the version number was not changed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GU
Guacamole · Apache
0.9.8; 0.9.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1566
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1566
Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/guacamole/news/2016/02/security-advisory---stored-xss-cve-2016-1566--guac-1465/
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