Back
CVE-2016-10516
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the render_full function in debug/tbtools.py in the debugger in Pallets Werkzeug before…
Medium6.1EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the render_full function in debug/tbtools.py in the debugger in Pallets Werkzeug before 0.11.11 (as used in Pallets Flask and other products) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a field that contains an exception message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIWerkzeugGHSA-h2fp-xgx6-xh6f (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- http://blog.neargle.com/2016/09/21/flask-src-review-get-a-xss-from-debuger/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171124 [SECURITY] [DLA 1191-1] python-werkzeug security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/pull/1001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h2fp-xgx6-xh6f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2016-10516)Record last updated .