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CVE-2016-4847

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4847 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OSSEC Web UI, specifically in the site/search.php component, affecting versions prior to 0.9. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ossec:web_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0129 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / en/contents/2016/JVNDB-2016-000141.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN58455472/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / ossec/ossec-wui/commit/b4dcbba7a8eb09ba9d38fc69807a8861255736d0
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/92536
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry