CVE-2016-8527 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Aruba Airwave versions prior to 8.2.3.1, specifically within its VisualRF component. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires an attacker to trick a logged-in administrative user into clicking a malicious link, potentially leading to the theft of session cookies or passwords. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code exists in ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:airwave:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.