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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-5737

The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.44%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.

CVSS 3.0
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.44% probability · 72th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
openstack/puppet-gerrit
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.