CVE-2016-5394

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
1.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 22% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: July 19, 2017 (3221 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-79

Affected Products

apache sling

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 lists.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 lists.apache.org