CVE-2016-1566 (GCVE-0-2016-1566)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-02 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in Guacamole 0.9.8 and 0.9.9, when file transfer is enabled to a location shared by multiple users, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename. NOTE: this vulnerability was fixed in guacamole.war on 2016-01-13, but the version number was not changed.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2016-02-01 00:00
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