CVE-2016-6800
The default configuration of the Apache OFBiz framework offers a blog functionality. Different users are able to operate blogs which are…
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Description
The default configuration of the Apache OFBiz framework offers a blog functionality. Different users are able to operate blogs which are related to specific parties. In the form field for the creation of new blog articles the user input of the summary field as well as the article field is not properly sanitized. It is possible to inject arbitrary JavaScript code in these form fields. This code gets executed from the browser of every user who is visiting this article. Mitigation: Upgrade to Apache OFBiz 16.11.01.
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)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (2 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
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache OFBiz
- affected 13.07.*
- affected 12.04.*
- affected 11.04.*
References (2)
- [www-announce] 20161129 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6800 Apache OFBiz blog stored XSS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [ofbiz-user] 20191016 Re: Multi Tenancy Support (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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