What is CVE-2016-5061?

CVE-2016-5061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aternity, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-5061?

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

XSS in Aternity

CVE-2016-5061

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web server in Aternity before 9.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) HTTPAgent, (2) MacAgent, (3) getExternalURL, or (4) retrieveTrustedUrl page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-09-29 · 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: 0.012 (67.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Aternity

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/706359 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93210 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5061?: CVE-2016-5061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Aternity, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-5061?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.