CVE-2016-7251 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the MDS API in Microsoft SQL Server 2016. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter, requiring user interaction to exploit and potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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