CVE-2016-8583 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting AlienVault OSSIM and USM versions prior to 5.3.2, specifically within the vulnerability scan scheduler's GET parameters. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation, but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication required (PR:N), potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_and_event_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.