CVE-2016-6127 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6127?

CVE-2016-6127 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2017. 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 Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2, when the AlwaysDownloadAttachments config setting is not in use, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file upload with an unspecified content type.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6127?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bestpractical Request Tracker.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6127?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2016-6127 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6127 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2026-44231 RT: Privilege escalation and information disclosure via REST 2.0 user collection endpoint Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-5943 Information disclosure in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2017-5944 Code injection in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2023-41259 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2023-41260 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6127, GHSA-57pq-pp54-cgmc, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6127.