Medium severity · published Jul 19, 2017
CVE-2016-5394
In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the encoding done by the XSSAPI.encodeForJSString() method is not restrictive enough and for some input patterns…
6.1
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the encoding done by the XSSAPI.encodeForJSString() method is not restrictive enough and for some input patterns allows script tags to pass through unencoded, leading to potential XSS vulnerabilities.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SL
Sling · Apache
before 1.0.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5394
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5394
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99870
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/332166037a54b97cf41e2b616aaed38439de94b19b204841478e4525%40%3Cdev.sling.apache.org%3E
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