CVE-2016-9271

Cloudera Manager 5.7.x before 5.7.6, 5.8.x before 5.8.4, and 5.9.x before 5.9.1 allows XSS in the help search feature.

Published: 2019-11-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-9271 is rated Low Risk (35.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-9271

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 0.34% 0.52% +0.18%
2 2025-03-30 0.40% 0.34% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 0.40%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-9271

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/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-2016-9271

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-9271

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.1.0, <= 5.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.2.0, <= 5.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.3.0, <= 5.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.4.0, <= 5.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.4.5, <= 5.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.7.0, <= 5.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager >= 5.8.0, <= 5.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cloudera cloudera_manager 5.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:cloudera:cloudera_manager:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-9271

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