{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9169 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-9169 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Novell Groupwise, published on 23 Mar 2017. 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-2016-9169 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-9169 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Novell Groupwise, published on 23 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9169 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Novell Groupwise. 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-2016-9169/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9169/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-9169","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9169/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-9169","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vqmm-xqfj-v7hr"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["account_takeover","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"GroupWise web console","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Reflected XSS in Novell GroupWise web console allows attackers to execute JavaScript via crafted links, potentially compromising user sessions.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microfocus","cpe":[{"product":"groupwise","vendor":"novell"}],"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":"A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in the web console of the Document Viewer Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Support Pack 1 Hot Patch 2 that may enable a remote attacker to execute JavaScript in the context of a valid user's browser session by getting the user to click on a specially crafted link. This could lead to session compromise or other browser-based attacks.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Novell GroupWise","id":"CVE-2016-9169","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"novell:groupwise","products":["novell:groupwise"],"type":"xss","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.","id":"CVE-2016-9170"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Novell eDirectory","id":"CVE-2016-9168"},"products":["Novell GroupWise"],"published":"2017-03-23","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-0610","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2014-09-05"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-0804","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-02-24"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-0417","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2012-09-28"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-0271","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2012-09-19"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-0333","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2011-10-08"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-0334","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2011-10-08"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-2662","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2011-10-08"}],"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)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Reflected XSS in Novell GroupWise web console allows attackers to execute JavaScript via crafted links, potentially compromising user sessions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9169/"}