CVE-2016-10744 json
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Select2
published 2019-03-27 7 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-rf66-hmqf-q3fc , EUVD-2022-5155
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In Select2 through 4.0.5, as used in Snipe-IT and other products, rich selectlists allow XSS. This affects use cases with Ajax remote data loading when HTML templates are used to display listbox data.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10744 updated cvss 6.3
select2: XSS due to missing sanitization when HTML templates are used to display remotely-loaded data.
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Red Hat Satellite 5 select2affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 rh-sso7-keycloak rh-sso7-keycloaknot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | select2 | <4.0.6 |
4.0.6 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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github.com
/snipe/snipe-it/pull/6831
web, patch, third-party-advisory
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github.com
/snipe/snipe-it/pull/6831/commits/5848d9a10c7d62c73ff6a3858edfae96a429402a
web, patch, third-party-advisory
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github.com
/select2/select2/issues/4587
web, third-party-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10744
advisory
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github.com
/select2/select2
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-10744
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rf66-hmqf-q3fc
- NVD CVE-2016-10744
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