Cross-site scripting in Swagger UI - CVE-2016-1000233
Published: May 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18524
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1000233
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 passed via the "url" HTTP parameter, when "Content-Type" header is set to "application/javascript". A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary JavaScript 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.
Affected software
Swagger UI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1000233
Install updates from vendor's website.
Swagger UI - update to 2.1.5
IBM InfoSphere Information Server - update to 11.7.1.4 Service pack 1
IBM InfoSphere Information Server - update to 11.7.1.4 Service pack 1