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CVE-2016-4855 (GCVE-0-2016-4855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-12 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in ADOdb versions prior to 5.20.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Cross-site scripting
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/274 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92753 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN48237713/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ADOdb ADOdb Affected: versions prior to 5.20.6
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Date Public
2016-09-06 00:00
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