What is CVE-2016-6347?

CVE-2016-6347 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Resteasy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-6347?

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

Is CVE-2016-6347 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Redhat Resteasy

CVE-2016-6347

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default exception handler in RESTEasy allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (26.2th 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

Redhat Resteasy
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6347?: CVE-2016-6347 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Resteasy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-6347?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6347 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.