JBoss BPM Suite 6 is vulnerable to a reflected XSS via dashbuilder.

published 2018-10-31 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7270

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

JBoss BPM Suite 6 is vulnerable to a reflected XSS via dashbuilder. Remote attackers can entice authenticated users that have privileges to access dashbuilder (usually admins) to click on links to /dashbuilder/Controller containing malicious scripts. Successful exploitation would allow execution of script code within the context of the affected user.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

redhat jboss_bpm_suite 6.4.2

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-2016-6343 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 6.1

Dashbuilder: Reflected XSS

Red Hat BPM Suite 6 dashbuilder dashbuilder
affected: no fix available
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0557
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.4
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0296
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 dashbuilder dashbuilder
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.0	5.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] Dashbuilder

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0557.html
vendor-advisory, broken-link
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:0296
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/96987
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-6343
issue-tracking

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-6343
NVD CVE-2016-6343

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Summary