What is CVE-2016-5682?

CVE-2016-5682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smartbear Swagger-Ui, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-5682?

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

Is CVE-2016-5682 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Smartbear Swagger-Ui

CVE-2016-5682

Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Smartbear Swagger-ui
N/a Swagger-ui Before 2.2.1 — versions Swagger-UI before 2.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5682?: CVE-2016-5682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smartbear Swagger-Ui, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-5682?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-5682 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.