CVE-2016-5737 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.

Published: 2017-01-12

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openstack:puppet-gerrit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2016-6672	The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.

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 0.0025.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91352
https://github.com/openstack-infra/puppet-gerrit/commit/8573c2ee172f66c1667de49685c88fdc8883ca8b

History

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Subscriptions

Openstack Puppet-gerrit

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-12T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:07:59.919Z

Reserved: 2016-06-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5737

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-12T23:59:00.463

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

Link: CVE-2016-5737

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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