CVE-2016-3709 (GCVE-0-2016-3709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-28 16:52 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:09
VLAI
Summary
Possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a libxml2 Affected: 2.9.x
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