CVE-2016-5394 Information

Description

In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling the encoding done by the XSSAPI.encodeForJSString() method is not restrictive enough and for some input patterns allows script tags to pass through unencoded leading to potential XSS vulnerabilities.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99870 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/332166037a54b97cf41e2b616aaed38439de94b19b204841478e4525@3Cdev.sling.apache.org3E

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1