What is CVE-2016-1566?

CVE-2016-1566 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Guacamole, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-1566?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Apache Guacamole

CVE-2016-1566

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in Guacamole 0.9.8 and 0.9.9, when file transfer is enabled to a location shared by multiple users, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename. NOTE: this vulnerability was fixed in guacamole.war on 2016-01-13, but the version number was not changed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Guacamole — versions 0.9.8, 0.9.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1566?: CVE-2016-1566 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Guacamole, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-1566?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.