Medium severity · published Dec 20, 2016
CVE-2016-9757
In the Create Tags page of the Rapid7 Nexpose version 6.4.12 user interface, any authenticated user who has the capability to create tags can inject cross-site scripting (XSS)…
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Create Tags page of the Rapid7 Nexpose version 6.4.12 user interface, any authenticated user who has the capability to create tags can inject cross-site scripting (XSS) elements in the tag name field. Once this tag is viewed in the Tag Detail page of the Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.12 UI by another authenticated user, the script is run in that user's browser context.
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)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nexpose · Rapid7
6.4.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9757
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9757
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94996
Vendor Advisory
https://help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/#6.4.13
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