CVE-2016-9457 Cross-site scripting in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
Reflected XSS in Revive Adserver allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in admin sessions via unsanitized parameters.
- 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-2016-9457?
CVE-2016-9457 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 Reflected XSS. `www/admin/stats.php` is vulnerable to reflected XSS attacks via multiple parameters that are not properly sanitised or escaped when displayed, such as setPerPage, pageId, bannerid, period_start, period_end, and possibly others.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9457?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9457?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9457 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-2016-9457 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9457 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-5j5m-fgcp-mj4f.