Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1) revision.php, (2) log.php, (3) listing.php, and (4) comp.php in WebSVN allow con…

published 2016-05-11 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2337

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1) revision.php, (2) log.php, (3) listing.php, and (4) comp.php in WebSVN allow context-dependent attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of a (a) file or (b) directory in a repository.

Patch / fix

distros 1

websvn Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.3.3-1.1+deb7u3build0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1236

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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-2016-1236 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 4.3

websvn: XSS vulnerability

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% 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

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3572
vendor-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/22
mailing-list
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1333673

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-1236
NVD CVE-2016-1236

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Summary