What is CVE-2016-5850?

CVE-2016-5850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Public Cloud Solution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-5850?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Huawei Public Cloud Solution

CVE-2016-5850

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the volume backup service module in Huawei Public Cloud Solution before 1.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-07-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Public Cloud Solution

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160629-01-publiccloud-en (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91513 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5850?: CVE-2016-5850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Public Cloud Solution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-5850?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.