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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8019

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in attributes in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted user input.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 4.01%

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 4.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in attributes in Intel Security VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL) 2.0.3 (and earlier) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted user input.

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
4.01% probability · 90th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 December 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
mcafee/virusscan enterprise
Source
secure@intel.com
EPSS trend
0%5%10%21 September 2026: 5.22%22 September 2026: 4.01%27 October 2026: 4.01%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 5.2% on 21 September 2026 to 4.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-40911source ↗McAfee Virus Scan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.2 < 2.0.2 - Remote Code Executionlinux · Andrew Fasanoremote13 December 2016yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.