{"id":"CVE-2016-8855","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8855","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:10:27.226Z","title":"Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in \"/sitecore/client/Applications/List Manager/Taskpages/Contact list\" in Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1 rev.","description":"Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in \"/sitecore/client/Applications/List Manager/Taskpages/Contact list\" in Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1 rev. 160519 (8.1 Update-3) allows remote attacks via the Name or Description parameter. This is fixed in 8.2 Update-2.","published":"2017-03-19T18:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.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":["sitecore/experience platform"],"epss":{"score":0.02186,"percentile":0.82304,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-03-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":41618,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sitecore CMS 8.1 Update-3 - Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41618","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/aspx/webapps/41618.txt","file":"exploits/aspx/webapps/41618.txt","published":"2017-03-15","added":"2017-03-15","updated":"2017-03-15","author":"Pralhad Chaskar","type":"webapps","platform":"aspx","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2016-8855"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141655/Sitecore-Experience-Platform-8.1-Update-3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41618/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141655/Sitecore-Experience-Platform-8.1-Update-3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41618/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8855","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."}