CVE-2016-8527

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Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability is present in the VisualRF component of AirWave. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker who can trick a logged-in AirWave administrative user into clicking a link could obtain sensitive information, such as session cookies or passwords. The vulnerability requires that an administrative users click on the malicious link while currently logged into AirWave in the same browser.

Published: 2018-08-06 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-8527 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 55.81%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-8527

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41482 exploit_db edb 2017-03-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8527

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 2026-04-28 61.78% 55.81% -5.97%
2 2026-03-29 59.40% 61.78% +2.38%
3 2026-03-04 — 59.40% —

Full EPSS history (51 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-8527

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-2016-8527

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-8527

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp airwave < 8.2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:hp:airwave:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-8527

URL Tags
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-001.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96495 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41482/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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