CVE-2016-3709

libxml2: Incorrect server side include parsing can lead to XSS

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.

Una posible vulnerabilidad de tipo cross-site scripting en libxml versiones posteriores al commit 960f0e2

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in libxml2. A specially crafted input, when serialized and re-parsed by the libxml2 library, will result in a document with element attributes that did not exist in the original document.

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*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-03-30 CVE Reserved
2022-07-28 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2018-January/msg00010.html	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3709	2023-08-28
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2112766	2023-08-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xmlsoft Search vendor "Xmlsoft"		Libxml2 Search vendor "Xmlsoft" for product "Libxml2"				>= 2.9.2 < 2.9.11 Search vendor "Xmlsoft" for product "Libxml2" and version " >= 2.9.2 < 2.9.11"		-		Affected