CVE-2016-9126 Cross-site scripting in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
Persistent XSS in Revive Adserver allows authenticated users to hijack administrator accounts via unescaped usernames in the audit trail.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9126?
CVE-2016-9126 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 28 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from persistent XSS. Usernames are not properly escaped when displayed in the audit trail widget of the dashboard upon login, allowing persistent XSS attacks. An authenticated user with enough privileges to create other users could exploit the vulnerability to access the administrator account.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9126?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9126?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9126 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-2016-9126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver
- CVE-2016-9124 Security feature bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
- CVE-2016-9125 Auth bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
- CVE-2017-5830 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2016-9470 Other in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0
- CVE-2026-50741 Code injection in Adserver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-prj8-5jpv-8374.