CVE-2016-9471 json
Revive Adserver before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 suffers from Special Element Injection.
published 2017-03-28 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10277
- cvss
- 3.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Revive Adserver before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 suffers from Special Element Injection. Usernames weren't properly sanitised when creating users on a Revive Adserver instance. Especially, control characters were not filtered, allowing apparently identical usernames to co-exist in the system, due to the fact that such characters are normally ignored when an HTML page is displayed in a browser. The issue could have therefore been exploited for user spoofing, although elevated privileges are required to create users within Revive Adserver.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- n/a Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-75 Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane
References
-
github.com
/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/05b1eceb
patch, third-party-advisory
-
revive-adserver.com
/security/revive-sa-2016-002/
patch, vendor-advisory
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hackerone.com
/reports/128181
permissions-required
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-9471
- NVD CVE-2016-9471
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