CVE-2016-10245

Description

Insufficient sanitization of the query parameter in templates/html/search_opensearch.php could lead to reflected cross-site scripting or iframe injection.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762934 third party advisory issue tracking
https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen/commit/1cc1adad2de03a0f013881b8960daf89aa155081 third party advisory patch
http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/changelog.html#log_1_8_12 broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108476 third party advisory vdb entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00046.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00000.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4002-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10245?
CVE-2016-10245 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10245?
To fix CVE-2016-10245, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-10245 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-10245 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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