CVE-2016-4561 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function of CGI.pm within ikiwiki, affecting versions prior to 3.20160506, including Debian distributions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors related to error messages, requiring user interaction. Despite its potential for limited confidentiality and integrity impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.20160121CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.