CVE-2016-10006

In OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.5, by submitting a specially crafted input (a tag that supports style with active content), you could bypass the library protections and supply executable code. The impact is XSS.

Published: 2016-12-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-10006 is rated Moderate Risk (53.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.04%). EPSS rose +1.50% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-10006

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.54% 2.04% +1.50%
2 2026-01-22 0.99% 0.54% -0.45%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.99% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-10006

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-10006

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2016-10006

GHSA-683w-6h9j-57wq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — OWASP AntiSamy vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-10006

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-10006 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libowasp-antisamy-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10006
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-10006 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libowasp-antisamy-java), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10006

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-10006

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
antisamy_project antisamy < 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:antisamy_project:antisamy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-10006

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95101 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037532 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy/issues/2 Patch Vendor Advisory
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