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CVE-2016-5005
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Archiva 1.3.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to inject…
Medium4.8EPSS 4.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Archiva 1.3.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the connector.sourceRepoId parameter to admin/addProxyConnector_commit.action.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.archiva:archivaGHSA-8jfm-rgmg-3wq2 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- 20160711 [RCESEC-2016-004][CVE-2016-5005] Apache Archiva 1.3.9 admin/addProxyConnector_commit.action connector.sourceRepoId Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1036475 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137870/Apache-Archiva-1.3.9-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 91707 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20160712 [RCESEC-2016-004][CVE-2016-5005] Apache Archiva 1.3.9 admin/addProxyConnector_commit.action connector.sourceRepoId Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20190416 [GitHub] [pulsar] one70six opened a new issue #4057: Security Vulnerabilities - Black Duck Scan - Pulsar v.2.3.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-8jfm-rgmg-3wq2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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