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)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cloudera Hue
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.