CVE-2016-8855

medium
Published 2017-03-19 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
VIR risk
6.1

Description

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in "/sitecore/client/Applications/List Manager/Taskpages/Contact list" in Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1 rev. 160519 (8.1 Update-3) allows remote attacks via the Name or Description parameter. This is fixed in 8.2 Update-2.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sitecoreexperience_platform8.1

References

CWEs

CWE-79

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.