CVE-2016-5682 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

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 0.0047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Smartbear	Swagger-ui

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:smartbear:swagger-ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-1192	Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.
Github GHSA	GHSA-p239-93f7-h6xf	Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5682
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5682

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-04-10T03:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:08:00.436Z

Reserved: 2016-06-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5682

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-10T03:59:02.077

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-5682

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5682 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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