What is CVE-2016-10704?

CVE-2016-10704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Magento, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-10704?

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

XSS in Magento

CVE-2016-10704

Magento Community Edition and Enterprise Edition before 2.0.10 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2 have XSS via e-mail templates that are mishandled during a preview, aka APPSEC-1503.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-12-30 · 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: 0.006 (48.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Magento

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

magento.com/security/patches/magento-2010-and-212-security-update (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10704?: CVE-2016-10704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Magento, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-10704?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.