What is CVE-2016-7509?

CVE-2016-7509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glpi-Project Glpi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-7509?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Glpi-Project Glpi

CVE-2016-7509

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GLPI 0.90.4 allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by attaching a crafted HTML file to a ticket.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Glpi-Project Glpi — versions 0.90.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/glpi-project/glpi/issues/2483 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7509?: CVE-2016-7509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Glpi-Project Glpi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-7509?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.