CVE-2016-1609 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Novell Filr versions prior to 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 Security Update 2. These flaws allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, for instance, through a crafted IMG element in a user profile's phone field. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction and authenticated access, but successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure or defacement. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-40161), and it has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness among researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:filr:*:security_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:filr:*:security_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.