CVE-2016-8581 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A persistent XSS vulnerability exists in the User-Agent header of the login process of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to steal session IDs of logged in users when the current sessions are viewed by an administrator.

Published: 2016-10-28

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 68.2% High

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

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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 0.68151.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93862
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7766/security-advisory-alienvault-5-3-2-address-70-vulnerabilities
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40683/

History

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Subscriptions

Alienvault Open Source Security Information And Event Management Unified Security Management

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-10-28T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:40.896Z

Reserved: 2016-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8581

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-28T15:59:05.047

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

Link: CVE-2016-8581

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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