CVE-2016-10006 OWASP AntiSamy vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

What is CVE-2016-10006?

CVE-2016-10006 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.5, by submitting a specially crafted input (a tag that supports style with active content), you could bypass the library protections and supply executable code. The impact is XSS.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10006?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.owasp.antisamy:antisamy. It affects 1 product.

Products include Antisamy Project Antisamy.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10006?

Upgrade org.owasp.antisamy:antisamy to 1.5.5 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-10006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2022-28366 Denial of service in HtmlUnit-Neko High 7.5
• CVE-2024-23635 AntiSamy malicious input can provoke XSS when preserving comments Medium 6.1
• CVE-2023-43643 mXSS in AntiSamy Medium 6.1
• CVE-2022-28367 Cross-site Scripting in OWASP AntiSamy Medium 6.1
• CVE-2022-29577 Cross-site Scripting in OWASP AntiSamy Medium 6.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10006, GHSA-683w-6h9j-57wq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10006.