What is CVE-2016-9751?

CVE-2016-9751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-9751?

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

XSS in Piwigo

CVE-2016-9751

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search results front end in Piwigo 2.8.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-12-01 · 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: 0.011 (65.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Piwigo — versions 2.8.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94637 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/559 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9751?: CVE-2016-9751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-9751?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.