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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Input Validation (CVE-2016-6347)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Improper Input Validation (CVE-2016-6347)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/01/2016
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default exception handler in RESTEasy allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.. It was found that the default exception handler in RESTEasy did not properly validate user input. An attacker could use this flaw to launch a relected XSS attack.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

References

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