CVE-2016-4847 json
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in site/search.php in OSSEC Web UI before 0.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scri…
published 2017-04-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5829
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in site/search.php in OSSEC Web UI before 0.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging an unanchored regex.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
-
github.com
/ossec/ossec-wui/commit/b4dcbba7a8eb09ba9d38fc69807a8861255736d0
patch
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/92536
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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jvndb.jvn.jp
/en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000141.html
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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jvn.jp
/en/jp/JVN58455472/index.html
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-4847
- NVD CVE-2016-4847
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