What is CVE-2016-2279?

CVE-2016-2279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rockwellautomation Compactlogix 1756-En2f Series A, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-2279?

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

Is CVE-2016-2279 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Rockwellautomation Compactlogix 1756-En2f Series A

CVE-2016-2279

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web server in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 1769-L* before 28.011+ allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-03-02 · 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: 0.076 (94.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.076 · newest: 0.076 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035190 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44626/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-061-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2279?: CVE-2016-2279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rockwellautomation Compactlogix 1756-En2f Series A, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-2279?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-2279 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.