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CVE-2016-5737
The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype,…
Medium6.1EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.
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)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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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
References (3)
- 91352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160622 Re: CVE Request Openstack-infra puppet-gerrit module xss vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/openstack-infra/puppet-gerrit/commit/8573c2ee172f66c1667de49685c88fdc8883ca8b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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