What is CVE-2016-6847?

CVE-2016-6847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Appsuite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-6847?

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

XSS in Open-Xchange Appsuite

CVE-2016-6847

An issue was discovered in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.8.2-rev8. SVG files can be used as mp3 album covers. In case their XML structure contains script code, that code may get executed when calling the related cover URL. Malicious script code can be executed within a user's context. This can lead to session hijacking or triggering unwanted actions via the web interface (sending mail, deleting data etc.).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th 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

Open-xchange Open-xchange_appsuite
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 (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6847?: CVE-2016-6847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Xchange Appsuite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-6847?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.