What is CVE-2016-1000229?

CVE-2016-1000229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smartbear Swagger-Ui, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-1000229?

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

Is CVE-2016-1000229 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Smartbear Swagger-Ui

CVE-2016-1000229

swagger-ui has XSS in key names

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.040 (90.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx… (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97580 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1000229?: CVE-2016-1000229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smartbear Swagger-Ui, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-1000229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1000229 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.