CVE-2016-5740

medium

Published 2016-12-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.1

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.8.2-rev5. JavaScript code can be used as part of ical attachments within scheduling E-Mails. This content, for example an appointment's location, will be presented to the user at the E-Mail App, depending on the invitation workflow. This code gets executed within the context of the user's current session. Malicious script code can be executed within a user's context. This can lead to session hijacking or triggering unwanted actions via the web interface (sending mail, deleting data etc.).

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-40378 webapps linux

Jakub A>>oczek · 2016-09-13

Open-Xchange App Suite 7.8.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
open-xchange	open-xchange_appsuite	`{"endIncluding":"7.8.2"}`

References

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.