What is CVE-2016-6643?

CVE-2016-6643 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Vipr Srm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-6643?

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

XSS in EMC Vipr Srm

CVE-2016-6643

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in EMC ViPR SRM before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Vipr Srm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92945 (vdb-entry)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/17 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6643?: CVE-2016-6643 is a medium-severity vulnerability in EMC Vipr Srm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-6643?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.