CVE-2016-6316

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

3.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 88.1% 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

2016-09-07 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-26

Assigning CNA

redhat

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

df4dc473fbfd2f6e9a84fd6a8a42288cf123e1bc7f38218b937b0a23c7899537

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1856http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1856.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6316x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92430http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92430vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1855http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1855.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160811 [CVE-2016-6316] Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action Viewhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1858http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1858.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1857http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1857.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• weblog.rubyonrails.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/8/11/Rails-5-0-0-1-4-2-7-2-and-3-2-22-3-have-been-released/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160811 [CVE-2016-6316] Possible XSS Vulnerability in Action Viewhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ruby-security-ann/8B2iV2tPRSEmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3651http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3651vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN