{"id":"CVE-2016-9757","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9757","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:03.244Z","title":"In the Create Tags page of the Rapid7 Nexpose version 6.4.12 user interface, any authenticated user who has the capability to create tags can inject cross-site scripting (XSS) elements in the tag name field.","description":"In the Create Tags page of the Rapid7 Nexpose version 6.4.12 user interface, any authenticated user who has the capability to create tags can inject cross-site scripting (XSS) elements in the tag name field. Once this tag is viewed in the Tag Detail page of the Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.12 UI by another authenticated user, the script is run in that user's browser context.","published":"2016-12-20T22:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@rapid7.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["rapid7/nexpose"],"epss":{"score":0.00645,"percentile":0.50717,"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 (0.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94996","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"https://help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/#6.4.13","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@rapid7.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94996","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://help.rapid7.com/nexpose/en-us/release-notes/#6.4.13","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9757","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."}