medium
6.1
CWE
79
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2016-2803: XSS

First published: Wed Apr 12 2017(Updated: )

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the dependency graphs in Bugzilla 2.16rc1 through 4.4.11, and 4.5.1 through 5.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Credit: security@mozilla.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16.11
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.16_rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.17.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18-rc3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.6\+
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.18.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.19
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.19.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.19.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.19.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.20.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.21
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.21.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.21.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.21.2-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.22.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.23
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.23.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.23.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.23.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=2.23.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.0
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0.11
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.0_rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.1.0
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.1.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.1.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.1.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.1.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.2.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.3.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.3.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.3.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.3.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.11
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.12
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.13
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.4.14
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.5.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.5.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.5.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.0
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.11
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.12
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.6.13
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.7.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.7.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=3.7.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.11
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.12
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.13
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.14
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.15
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.16
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.17
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.0.18
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.1.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.1.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.1.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.11
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.12
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.13
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.14
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.2.15
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.3.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.3.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.3.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.7
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.8
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.9
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.10
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.4.11
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.5.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.5.2
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.5.3
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.5.4
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.5.5
Mozilla Bugzilla=4.5.6
Mozilla Bugzilla=5.0
Mozilla Bugzilla=5.0-rc1
Mozilla Bugzilla=5.0-rc2
Mozilla Bugzilla=5.0-rc3
Mozilla Bugzilla=5.0.1
Mozilla Bugzilla=5.0.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2016-2803?

    CVE-2016-2803 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to the possibility of cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

  • How do I fix CVE-2016-2803?

    To fix CVE-2016-2803, update your Bugzilla installation to version 5.0.3 or later, as these versions contain patches for the vulnerability.

  • What types of software are affected by CVE-2016-2803?

    CVE-2016-2803 affects Bugzilla versions from 2.16rc1 through 4.4.11, and 4.5.1 through 5.0.2.

  • What can attackers do with CVE-2016-2803?

    Attackers exploiting CVE-2016-2803 can inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML into the affected application, potentially compromising user data.

  • Is there a known exploit for CVE-2016-2803?

    Yes, CVE-2016-2803 has been reported as actively exploitable, and users are encouraged to apply updates immediately.

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