CVE-2016-4847 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in site/search.php in OSSEC Web UI before 0.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging an unanchored regex.

Published: 2017-04-20

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ossec:web_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5829	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in site/search.php in OSSEC Web UI before 0.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging an unanchored regex.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00514.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN58455472/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000141.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92536
https://github.com/ossec/ossec-wui/commit/b4dcbba7a8eb09ba9d38fc69807a8861255736d0

History

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Subscriptions

Ossec Web Ui

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2017-04-20T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.288Z

Reserved: 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4847

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-20T17:59:00.290

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-4847

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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