Cross-site scripting - CVE-2016-1000111

 

Cross-site scripting - CVE-2016-1000111

Published: February 5, 2018 / Updated: February 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10395
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0:
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1000111
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Affected software:

Detailed vulnerability description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-1000111


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