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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2016-8527 json

Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS).

published 2018-08-06 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9375

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.2%
EPSS 13.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability is present in the VisualRF component of AirWave. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker who can trick a logged-in AirWave administrative user into clicking a link could obtain sensitive information, such as session cookies or passwords. The vulnerability requires that an administrative users click on the malicious link while currently logged into AirWave in the same browser.

Patch / fix

  • hp airwave 8.2.3.1

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41482)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41482 Aruba AirWave 8.2.3 - XML External Entity Injection / Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2017-03-01
  • Nuclei template Aruba Airwave <8.2.3.1 - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template

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

Affected products

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba AirWave

Classification

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

References

Sources

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