What is the severity of CVE-2016-9471?

CVE-2016-9471 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential impact on user management and access control.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9471?

To fix CVE-2016-9471, upgrade to Revive Adserver version 3.2.5 or later, or version 4.0.1 or later to ensure proper username sanitization.

What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9471?

CVE-2016-9471 affects Revive Adserver versions prior to 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.

What does CVE-2016-9471 exploit?

CVE-2016-9471 exploits a failure to properly sanitize usernames during user creation, allowing control characters to persist.

What are the consequences of CVE-2016-9471?

The consequences of CVE-2016-9471 include the potential for identity confusion among users due to duplicate usernames and unauthorized access.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9471

low

3.1

CWE

28/3/2017

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9471

First published: Tue Mar 28 2017(Updated: )

Revive Adserver before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 suffers from Special Element Injection. Usernames weren't properly sanitised when creating users on a Revive Adserver instance. Especially, control characters were not filtered, allowing apparently identical usernames to co-exist in the system, due to the fact that such characters are normally ignored when an HTML page is displayed in a browser. The issue could have therefore been exploited for user spoofing, although elevated privileges are required to create users within Revive Adserver.

Credit: support@hackerone.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Revive Adserver	<=3.2.4
Revive Adserver	=4.0.0

Remedy

https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/05b1eceb

Remedy

https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-002/

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9471?
CVE-2016-9471 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential impact on user management and access control.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9471?
To fix CVE-2016-9471, upgrade to Revive Adserver version 3.2.5 or later, or version 4.0.1 or later to ensure proper username sanitization.
What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9471?
CVE-2016-9471 affects Revive Adserver versions prior to 3.2.5 and 4.0.0.
What does CVE-2016-9471 exploit?
CVE-2016-9471 exploits a failure to properly sanitize usernames during user creation, allowing control characters to persist.
What are the consequences of CVE-2016-9471?
The consequences of CVE-2016-9471 include the potential for identity confusion among users due to duplicate usernames and unauthorized access.

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