{"id":"CVE-2016-4561","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4561","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:22.805Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.","published":"2016-05-10T19:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:47:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["ikiwiki/ikiwiki","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01465,"percentile":0.73466,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index43h2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3571","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index43h2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3571","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4561","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}