What is CVE-2016-5737?

CVE-2016-5737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstack Puppet-Gerrit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-5737?

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

XSS in Openstack Puppet-Gerrit

CVE-2016-5737

The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.4th 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

Openstack Puppet-gerrit
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5737?: CVE-2016-5737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openstack Puppet-Gerrit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-5737?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.