CVE-2016-3709

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3709
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-07-28 17:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 07:16:37 UTC
DescriptionPossible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-79 CWE-79

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Libxml2 affected 2.9.x Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
[xml] Incorrect server side include parsing can lead to XSS and other si af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.gnome.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00021.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160221 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (ELSA-2022-7715)
  • 198885 Ubuntu Security Notification for libxml2 Vulnerability (USN-5548-1)
  • 240852 Red Hat Update for libxml2 (RHSA-2022:7715)
  • 502486 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 504106 Alpine Linux Security Update for libxml2
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 672180 EulerOS Security Update for libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-2471)
  • 752722 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3717-1)
  • 752764 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2022:3871-1)
  • 754861 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2023:3665-1)
  • 902614 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libxml2 (10416)
  • 902656 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libxml2 (10442)
  • 907105 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libxml2 (10442-1)
  • 940731 AlmaLinux Security Update for libxml2 (ALSA-2022:7715)
  • 960272 Rocky Linux Security Update for libxml2 (RLSA-2022:7715)

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