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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2016-1596 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allow remote authenticated users to injec…

published 2016-04-22 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2691

cvss
5.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a certain (1) user name, (2) tf_aClientFirstName, (3) tf_aClientLastName, (4) ta_selectedTopicContent, (5) tf_orgUnitName, (6) tf_aManufacturerFullName, (7) tf_aManufacturerName, (8) tf_aManufacturerAddress, or (9) tf_aManufacturerCity parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39687)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39687 Novell ServiceDesk 6.5/7.0.3/7.1.0 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2016-04-11

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.