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CVE-2016-6519

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6519 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Openstack Manila before version 2.5.1, as well as Red Hat Manila and Openstack distributions. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML into the "Shares" overview by manipulating the Metadata field during share creation. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential for limited confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:manila:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: manila-uiFixed in: 2.5.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-manila-ui-0:1.0.1-3.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)Fixed in: openstack-manila-ui-0:1.2.0-2.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)Fixed in: openstack-manila-ui-0:2.1.0-2.el7ost
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-vq76-5ghr-9p4vmedium

Openstack Manila Persistent XSS in Metadata field

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-6519Moderate

openstack-manila-ui: persistent XSS in metadata field

Sep 15, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2115.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2116.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2117.html
bugs.launchpad.net / manila-ui/+bug/1597738
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/7
securityfocus.com / bid/93001