CVE-2016-2279

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

7.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% 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:3.1/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

2016-03-02 11:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-06-03 13:44Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-02-09

Assigning CNA

icscert

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.2

Document digest

7975b41a28db2cdcbb0d4bcf2b5fe7065bb4bbd721d2b6df6c5d8649f29528ad

• www.securitytracker.com1035190http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035190vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com44626https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44626/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• ics-cert.us-cert.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-061-02x_refsource_MISC