CVE-2016-1926

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 74.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-01-26 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3ab2e54827a659b7d2c8f1ba078bb77c9d9fe71edb9105cdb127d8957d5d01d6

• en.internetwache.orghttps://en.internetwache.org/cve-2016-1926-xss-in-the-greenbone-security-assistant-20-01-2016/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-afdedc8da9http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183371.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.greenbone.nethttp://www.greenbone.net/technology/gbsa2016-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openvas.orghttp://www.openvas.org/OVSA20160113.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160120 [CVE-2016-1926] XSS in Greenbone Security Assistant &ge; 6.0.0 and < 6.0.8http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537335/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135328/OpenVAS-Greenbone-Security-Assistant-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-9851b69dbbhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184478.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA