{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8527 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-8527 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba AirWave, published on 6 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8527 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-8527 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba AirWave, published on 6 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-8527 exists.\n\nAffected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba AirWave. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8527/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8527/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-8527","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8527/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-8527","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-8488-4hwv-3vc5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Aruba AirWave","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Reflected XSS in Aruba AirWave allows attackers to steal session cookies or passwords from logged-in administrators via malicious links.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"hpe","cpe":[{"product":"airwave","vendor":"hp"}],"cvss":{"score":6.1,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability is present in the VisualRF component of AirWave. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker who can trick a logged-in AirWave administrative user into clicking a link could obtain sensitive information, such as session cookies or passwords. The vulnerability requires that an administrative users click on the malicious link while currently logged into AirWave in the same browser.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2017-03-01","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2017-03-01","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"41482","stars":null,"title":"Aruba AirWave 8.2.3 - XML External Entity Injection / Cross-Site Scripting"},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-8527.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Aruba Airwave \u003c8.2.3.1 - Cross-Site Scripting"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Aruba AirWave","id":"CVE-2016-8527","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Helion Eucalyptus","id":"CVE-2016-8528"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"XML external entity in Aruba AirWave","id":"CVE-2016-8526"},"products":["Aruba AirWave"],"published":"2018-08-06","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-1391","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-05"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"XML external entity in Aruba AirWave","id":"CVE-2016-8526","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-08-06"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-1390","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["Hewlett Packard Enterprise"]},"summary":"Reflected XSS in Aruba AirWave allows attackers to steal session cookies or passwords from logged-in administrators via malicious links.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8527/"}