What is CVE-2016-5663?

CVE-2016-5663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion Kiteworks Appliance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-08-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-5663?

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

XSS in Accellion Kiteworks Appliance

CVE-2016-5663

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in oauth_callback.php on Accellion Kiteworks appliances before kw2016.03.00 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) code, (2) error, or (3) error_description parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.9th 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

Accellion Kiteworks_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5663?: CVE-2016-5663 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion Kiteworks Appliance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-5663?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.