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CVE-2016-5682

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5682 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Swagger-UI versions prior to 2.2.1, specifically affecting the "Default" field within the "Definitions" section. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to information disclosure and integrity compromise (C:L, I:L) if an attacker successfully injects malicious scripts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smartbear:swagger-ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 72nd 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 (3)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: swagger-uiFixed in: 2.2.1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2Fixed in: system
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: hawtio-swagger-ui

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-p239-93f7-h6xfcritical

Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui

Sep 1, 2020
redhatCVE-2016-5682Moderate

hawtio-swagger-ui: XSS vulnerability in Definitions section

Sep 2, 2016

References

community.rapid7.com / community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui
Third Party Advisory