CVE-2016-2511 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebSVN 2.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path parameter to log.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00544.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:websvn:websvn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe
Websvn Subscribe	Websvn Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-428-1	websvn security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3490-1	websvn security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3592	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebSVN 2.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the path parameter to log.php.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179168.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135886/WebSVN-2.3.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/99
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3490

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00544}`	epss `{'score': 0.00388}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-07T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.124Z

Reserved: 2016-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2511

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-07T21:59:03.637

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2511

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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