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CVE-2016-1926

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1926 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module of Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before version 6.0.8, affecting various Fedora and Greenbone products. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the aggregate_type parameter in a get_aggregate command, requiring user interaction but potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-23
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183371.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184478.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/135328/OpenVAS-Greenbone-Security-Assistant-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Third Party Advisory
en.internetwache.org / cve-2016-1926-xss-in-the-greenbone-security-assistant-20-01-2016
ExploitThird Party Advisory
greenbone.net / technology/gbsa2016-01.html
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
openvas.org / OVSA20160113.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537335/100/0/threaded