CVE-2016-9891

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9891
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-29 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/media.php and admin/media_item.php in Dotclear before 2.11 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the upfiletitle or media_title parameter (aka the media title).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.003640000 probability, percentile 0.584570000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dotclear Dotclear All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dotclear CVE-2016-9891 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Dotclear: changeset 3469:712559193a6e af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.dotclear.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Edric Teo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 smarterbitbybit.com Third Party Advisory
Dotclear 2.11 › Dotclear News › Dotclear › Blog management made easy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dotclear.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Changeset 3440:5536ac77e915 – Dev Dotclear 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.dotclear.org Issue Tracking, Patch
#2224 (Security vulnerability in Dotclear version 2.10.4) – Dev Dotclear 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.dotclear.org Issue Tracking
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