CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5737
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.
Affected configurations
• openstack puppet-gerrit
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/2 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91352 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/openstack-infra/puppet-gerrit/commit/8573c2ee172f66c1667de49685c88fdc8883ca8b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/2 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91352 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/openstack-infra/puppet-gerrit/commit/8573c2ee172f66c1667de49685c88fdc8883ca8b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory