CVE-2016-6186

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

5.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.3% 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

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2016-08-05 15:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-08

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

b874bb3875d7d2c77c5dfffafff510a7dbc1a1532ed987e7f6d655304ad452e5

• www.securitytracker.com1036338http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036338vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• seclists.org20160719 Django CMS v3.3.0 - (Editor Snippet) Persistent Web Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6186)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/53mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1594http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1594.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3622http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3622vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-97ca9d52a4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KHHPN6MISX5I6UTXQHYLPTLEEUE6WDXW/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.vulnerability-lab.comhttp://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1869x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com20160719 Django CMS v3.3.0 - (Editor Snippet) Persistent Web Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6186)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538947/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137965/Django-3.3.0-Script-Insertion.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3039-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3039-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b7e31a0b9ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DMLLFAUT4J4IP4P2KI4NOVWRMHA22WUJ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• github.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/f68e5a99164867ab0e071a936470958ed867479dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1596http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1596.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.djangoproject.comhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2016/jul/18/security-releases/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/d03bf6fe4e9bf5b07de62c1a271c4b41a7d3d158x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92058http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92058vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1595http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1595.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.exploit-db.com40129https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40129/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB