What is CVE-2016-4855?

CVE-2016-4855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adodb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-4855?

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

XSS in Adodb

CVE-2016-4855

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in ADOdb versions prior to 5.20.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-05-12 · 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: 0.019 (79.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adodb — versions versions prior to 5.20.6
Adodb Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/274 (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92753 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59 (vendor-advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN48237713/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4855?: CVE-2016-4855 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adodb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-4855?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.