What is CVE-2016-2511?

CVE-2016-2511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Websvn, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-2511?

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

XSS in Websvn

CVE-2016-2511

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebSVN 2.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path parameter to log.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.017 (76.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Websvn
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/135886/WebSVN-2.3.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (Exploit)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179168.html (vendor-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3490 (vendor-advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/99 (mailing-list, Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2511?: CVE-2016-2511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Websvn, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-2511?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.