CVE-2016-5682 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2017-04-10

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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

Swagger-UI before 2.2.1

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Swagger-UI before 2.2.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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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

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 0.00279.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

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Subscriptions

Smartbear Swagger-ui

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-04-10T03:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2016-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5682

Vulnrichment

No data.

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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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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