CVE-2016-1926 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1926?

CVE-2016-1926 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 26 Jan 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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before 6.0.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the aggregate_type parameter in a get_aggregate command to omp.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1926?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Greenbone Greenbone Os, Greenbone Greenbone Security Assistant.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1926?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1926 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2016-1926 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1926 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m58f-5mcm-c967.