CVE-2016-3978

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

5.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.7% 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

2016-04-08 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 19:46Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-08

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

681329a33ed4966574b71db8a289edece71102e4774742257e990666495e5288

• seclists.org20160320 FortiOS (Fortinet) - Open Redirect and Cross Site Scriptinghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/68mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securitytracker.com1035332http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035332vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.fortiguard.comhttp://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/fortios-open-redirect-vulnerabilityx_refsource_CONFIRM