CVE-2016-8581

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
A persistent XSS vulnerability exists in the User-Agent header of the login process of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to steal session IDs of logged in users when the current sessions are viewed by an administrator.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8581
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-10-28T15:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-03T01:29:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_and_event_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.3.1
cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.3.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7766/security-advisory-alienvault-5-3-2-address-70-vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93862
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40683/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8581
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8581
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:41:00 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:55:09 2016-10-28T15:59Z 2016-10-28T15:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:55:09 2017-09-03T01:29:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:55:09 Modified Vulnerability Status updated