What is CVE-2016-9889?

CVE-2016-9889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tiki Tikiwiki Cms\/groupware, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-9889?

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

XSS in Tiki Tikiwiki Cms\/groupware

CVE-2016-9889

Some forms with the parameter geo_zoomlevel_to_found_location in Tiki Wiki CMS 12.x before 12.10 LTS, 15.x before 15.3 LTS, and 16.x before 16.1 don't have the input sanitized, related to tiki-setup.php and article_image.php. The impact is XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-12-23 · 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: 0.013 (68.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tiki Tikiwiki Cms\/groupware — versions 12.0, 12.1, 12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95083 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037531 (vdb-entry)
tiki.org/article443-Security-update-Tiki-16-1-Tiki-15-3-and-Tiki-12-10-released (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9889?: CVE-2016-9889 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tiki Tikiwiki Cms\/groupware, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-9889?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.