{"id":"CVE-2016-6800","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6800","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:07.877Z","title":"It is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript code in these form fields.","description":"The default configuration of the Apache OFBiz framework offers a blog functionality. Different users are able to operate blogs which are related to specific parties. In the form field for the creation of new blog articles the user input of the summary field as well as the article field is not properly sanitized. It is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript code in these form fields. This code gets executed from the browser of every user who is visiting this article. Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache OFBiz 16.11.01.","published":"2017-08-30T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.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":["apache/ofbiz"],"epss":{"score":0.03523,"percentile":0.89173,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (3.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/28987cffe0237fa67eca9de8bbbc04a917ac8785342ad9e5a196c978%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://s.apache.org/Owsz","tags":["Mailing List","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/28987cffe0237fa67eca9de8bbbc04a917ac8785342ad9e5a196c978%40%3Cuser.ofbiz.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://s.apache.org/Owsz","tags":["Mailing List","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6800","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."}