CVE-2016-1609
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted input, as demonstrated by a crafted…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Novell Filr before 1.2 Security Update 3 and 2.0 before Security Update 2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted input, as demonstrated by a crafted attribute of an IMG element in the phone field of a user profile.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.24% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 July 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- novell/filr
- Source
- security@opentext.com
EPSS moved from 4.4% on 21 September 2026 to 3.2% on 26 October 2026.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/119
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92113
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=3V-3ArYN85I~
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=BOTiHcBFfv0~
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40161/
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017787
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/119
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92113
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=3V-3ArYN85I~
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=BOTiHcBFfv0~
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40161/
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017787
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.