What is CVE-2016-1498?

CVE-2016-1498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Owncloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-1498?

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

XSS in Owncloud

CVE-2016-1498

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OCS discovery provider component in ownCloud Server before 7.0.12, 8.0.x before 8.0.10, 8.1.x before 8.1.5, and 8.2.x before 8.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving a URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Owncloud — versions 8.2.0, 8.2.1
Owncloud Owncloud_server — versions 8.0.0, 8.0.2, 8.0.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1498?: CVE-2016-1498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Owncloud, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-1498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.