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CVE-2016-2163

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the event description when creating an event.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apache — Openmeetings

CWEs

References

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