CVE-2016-5737

medium

Description

The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.

References

Advisories

https://github.com/openstack-infra/puppet-gerrit/commit/8573c2ee172f66c1667de49685c88fdc8883ca8b

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91352

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N