What is CVE-2016-6856?

CVE-2016-6856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Hybris, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-6856?

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

XSS in SAP Hybris

CVE-2016-6856

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Inbox Search feature in Hybris Management Console (HMC) in SAP Hybris before 6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the itemsperpage parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-12-31 · 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: 0.009 (57.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Hybris

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93954 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Datein/Research/Advisories/CVE-2016-685X_SAP… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6856?: CVE-2016-6856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Hybris, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-6856?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.