CVE-2016-1229

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HumHub 0.20.0-beta.1 through 0.20.1 and 1.0.0-beta before 1.0.0-beta.3 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-06-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-1229 is rated Moderate Risk (44.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.13%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1229

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 0.22% 1.13% +0.91%
2 2025-08-23 0.25% 0.22% -0.03%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-1229

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-1229

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-1229

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
humhub humhub 0.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:0.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
humhub humhub 0.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:0.20.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
humhub humhub 0.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:0.20.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
humhub humhub 0.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:0.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
humhub humhub 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
humhub humhub 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:humhub:humhub:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-1229

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