CVE-2016-1926
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before 6.0.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the aggregate_type parameter in a get_aggregate command to omp.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.0 | |
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.1 | |
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.2 | |
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.3 | |
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.4 | |
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.5 | |
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.6 | |
| greenbone | greenbone_security_assistant | 6.0.7 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183371.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184478.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135328/OpenVAS-Greenbone-Security-Assistant-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.greenbone.net/technology/gbsa2016-01.html
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20160113.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537335/100/0/threaded
- https://en.internetwache.org/cve-2016-1926-xss-in-the-greenbone-security-assistant-20-01-2016/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183371.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184478.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135328/OpenVAS-Greenbone-Security-Assistant-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://www.greenbone.net/technology/gbsa2016-01.html
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20160113.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537335/100/0/threaded
- https://en.internetwache.org/cve-2016-1926-xss-in-the-greenbone-security-assistant-20-01-2016/
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.