Medium severity · published Mar 28, 2017
CVE-2016-9454
Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Persistent XSS
5.4
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Persistent XSS. A vector for persistent XSS attacks via the Revive Adserver user interface exists, requiring a trusted (non-admin) account. The banner image URL for external banners wasn't properly escaped when displayed in most of the banner related pages.
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)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Revive Adserver · Revive-adserver
through 3.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9454
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9454
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83964
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/f6880330a8e11e804663f132867e9eb9b1f94e83
Patch
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-001/
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