01 Record
CVE-2016-5737
The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.7% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-12 23:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-22
- 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
- c7c5ff97c59773121d24cb6b314ce640a9e9bdb22a018aa26a00a365b7b4adb6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com91352http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91352
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160622 Re: CVE Request Openstack-infra puppet-gerrit module xss vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/2
- github.comhttps://github.com/openstack-infra/puppet-gerrit/commit/8573c2ee172f66c1667de49685c88fdc8883ca8b