CVE-2016-1926

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before 6.0.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the aggregate_type parameter in a get_aggregate command to omp.

Published: 2016-01-26 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-1926 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.62%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-1926

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1926

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 0.68% 1.62% +0.94%
2 2025-03-30 0.98% 0.68% -0.30%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.98% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-1926

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/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-2016-1926

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-1926

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_security_assistant 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:greenbone:greenbone_security_assistant:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.6 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.7 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.8 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.9 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.10 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.11 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.12 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.13 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.14 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.15 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.16 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.17 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.18 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.19 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.20 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.21 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.22 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greenbone greenbone_os 3.1.23 cpe:2.3:o:greenbone:greenbone_os:3.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 23 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-1926

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