# CVE-2016-8213: Cross-site scripting in EMC Documentum Webtop and Clients

> Stored Cross-Site Scripting in EMC Documentum WebTop allows malicious users to compromise the affected system.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mq94-7mm8-m4xr

## What is CVE-2016-8213?

CVE-2016-8213 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in EMC Documentum Webtop and Clients, published on 23 Jan 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

EMC Documentum WebTop Version 6.8, prior to P18 and Version 6.8.1, prior to P06; and EMC Documentum TaskSpace version 6.7SP3, prior to P02; and EMC Documentum Capital Projects Version 1.9, prior to P30 and Version 1.10, prior to P17; and EMC Documentum Administrator Version 7.0, Version 7.1, and Version 7.2 prior to P18 contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8213?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Emc Documentum Administrator, Emc Documentum Capital Projects, Emc Documentum Taskspace, Emc Documentum Webtop.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8213?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8213 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8213 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in EMC Documentum Webtop and Clients

- [CVE-2008-0656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0656/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-4530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4530/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2015-4524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4524/): File upload in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2016-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0914/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2015-4529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4529/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 5.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8213 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8213 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in EMC Documentum Webtop and Clients, published on 23 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8213 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: EMC Documentum Webtop and Clients. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8213/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8213/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8213
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8213
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8213

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.