What is CVE-2016-6523?

CVE-2016-6523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotclear, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-6523?

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

XSS in Dotclear

CVE-2016-6523

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the media manager in Dotclear before 2.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) q or (2) link_type parameter to admin/media.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.5th 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

Dotclear
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6523?: CVE-2016-6523 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotclear, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-6523?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.