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CVE-2016-8751

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8751 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Ranger versions prior to 0.6.3, allowing administrative users to embed malicious JavaScript within custom policy conditions. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a low impact on confidentiality and integrity, with an attacker needing high privileges and user interaction for successful exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0213 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 4,931 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.ranger:rangerFixed in: 0.6.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-v7mf-qgxf-qmvfmedium

Apache Ranger admin users can store some arbitrary javascript code to be executed when normal users login and access policies

Oct 17, 2018

References

cwiki.apache.org / confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99067
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry