CVE-2016-6913 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AlienVault OSSIM before 5.3 and USM before 5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the back parameter to ossim/conf/reload.php.

Published: 2016-09-26

Score: 5.4 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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_and_event_management::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management::::::::

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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-2016-7798	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AlienVault OSSIM before 5.3 and USM before 5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the back parameter to ossim/conf/reload.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00203.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/122
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92632
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7558/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Alienvault Open Source Security Information And Event Management Unified Security Management

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-26T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.557Z

Reserved: 2016-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6913

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-26T16:59:09.167

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6913

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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