CVE-2016-1926

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before 6.0.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the aggregate_type parameter in a get_aggregate command to omp.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.68% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory greenbone.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://en.internetwache.org/cve-2016-1926-xss-in-the-greenbone-security-assistant-20-01-2016/ third party advisory exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183371.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.greenbone.net/technology/gbsa2016-01.html broken link vendor advisory
http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20160113.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537335/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135328/OpenVAS-Greenbone-Security-Assistant-Cross-Site-Scripting.html third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184478.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1926?
CVE-2016-1926 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1926?
To fix CVE-2016-1926, 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-2016-1926 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-1926 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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