CVE-2016-1926 json
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before 6.0.8 allows remote attacker…
published 2016-01-26 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3016
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.6%
- EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before 6.0.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the aggregate_type parameter in a get_aggregate command to omp.
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-2016-1926 updated cvss 4.3
openvas-gsa: XSS vulnerability due to improper handling of the parameters of get_aggregate command
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot 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
1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- en.internetwache.org https://en.internetwache.org/cve-2016-1926-xss-in-the-greenbone-security-assistant-20-01-2016/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
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
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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en.internetwache.org
/cve-2016-1926-xss-in-the-greenbone-security-assistant-20-01-2016/
exploit, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183371.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184478.html
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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greenbone.net
/technology/gbsa2016-01.html
broken-link, vendor-advisory
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openvas.org
/OVSA20160113.html
third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/537335/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
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packetstormsecurity.com
/files/135328/OpenVAS-Greenbone-Security-Assistant-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-1926
- NVD CVE-2016-1926
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