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)

Published 2017-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Smartbear Swagger-Ui
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

community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xs… (Third Party Advisory)

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.