What is CVE-2016-0712?

CVE-2016-0712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Jetspeed, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-0712?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Jetspeed

CVE-2016-0712

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Jetspeed before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to portal.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-04-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (88.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Jetspeed

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

portals.apache.org/jetspeed-2/security-reports.html (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/portals-jetspeed-user/201603.mbox/<F868DBFC-A… (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0712?: CVE-2016-0712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Jetspeed, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-0712?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.