XSS in Doxygen
CVE-2016-10245
Insufficient sanitization of the query parameter in templates/html/search_opensearch.php could lead to reflected cross-site scripting or iframe injection.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.018 (77.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/doxygen/doxygen/commit/1cc1adad2de03a0f013881b8960daf89aa155081 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/changelog.html (Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/108476 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00046.html (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4002-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10245?
- CVE-2016-10245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Doxygen, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-05-24.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10245?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.