CVE-2016-9471 Other in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0
Attackers with user creation privileges can inject control characters into usernames to spoof identities, bypassing visual verification in the Revive Adserver interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9471?
CVE-2016-9471 is a low-severity vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 28 Mar 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Revive Adserver before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 suffers from Special Element Injection. Usernames weren't properly sanitised when creating users on a Revive Adserver instance. Especially, control characters were not filtered, allowing apparently identical usernames to co-exist in the system, due to the fact that such characters are normally ignored when an HTML page is displayed in a browser. The issue could have therefore been exploited for user spoofing, although elevated privileges are required to create users within Revive Adserver.
Weakness: CWE-75
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9471?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-9471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9471 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-j7g3-qm5c-2j6r.