CVE-2016-7251
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MDS API in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter, aka "MDS API XSS Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MDS API in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter, aka "MDS API XSS Vulnerability."
- 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
- 8.19% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- microsoft/sql server
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 11.4% on 21 September 2026 to 8.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94043
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037250
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94043
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037250
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.