CVE-2016-6523

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

1.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 68.4% 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

2016-12-09 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-02

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

f4fe0f806f31bb9bf125cd132d431ef75df052f944f65447ea4f047933847239

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160802 Re: CVE request: XSS vulns in Dotclear v2.9.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160802 CVE request: XSS vulns in Dotclear v2.9.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• hg.dotclear.orghttps://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/file/18dc878c1178/CHANGELOGx_refsource_CONFIRM
• hg.dotclear.orghttps://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/40d0207e520dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92272http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92272vdb-entryx_refsource_BID