What is CVE-2016-4946?

CVE-2016-4946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Hue, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2016-4946?

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

XSS in Cloudera Hue

CVE-2016-4946

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) First name or (2) Last name field in the HUE Users page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-03-07 · 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: 0.009 (57.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cloudera Hue

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93881 (vdb-entry)
2016.hack.lu/archive/2016/Wavestone - Hack.lu 2016 - Hadoop safari - Hunting fo… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4946?: CVE-2016-4946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Hue, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2016-4946?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.