What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-6846?

CVE-2016-6846 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.3%.

Documentconverter Api CVE-2016-6846

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2017-03-29 cve@mitre.org

XSS Microsoft Documentconverter Api Office Web Open Xchange Appsuite Backend Open Xchange Appsuite Frontend

6.1

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.1 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 29, 2017 - 14:59 cve.org

MEDIUM 6.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite backend before 7.6.2-rev59, 7.8.0 before 7.8.0-rev38, 7.8.2 before 7.8.2-rev8; AppSuite frontend before 7.6.2-rev47, 7.8.0 before 7.8.0-rev30, and 7.8.2 before 7.8.2-rev8; Office Web before 7.6.2-rev16, 7.8.0 before 7.8.0-rev10, and 7.8.2 before 7.8.2-rev5; and Documentconverter-API before 7.8.2-rev5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

AnalysisAI

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite backend before 7.6.2-rev59, 7.8.0 before 7.8.0-rev38, 7.8.2 before 7.8.2-rev8; AppSuite frontend before 7.6.2-rev47, 7.8.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open-Xchange (OX) AppSuite backend before 7.6.2-rev59, 7.8.0 before 7.8.0-rev38, 7.8.2 before 7.8.2-rev8; AppSuite frontend before 7.6.2-rev47, 7.8.0 before 7.8.0-rev30, and 7.8.2 before 7.8.2-rev8; Office Web before 7.6.2-rev16, 7.8.0 before 7.8.0-rev10, and 7.8.2 before 7.8.2-rev5; and Documentconverter-API before 7.8.2-rev5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. Affected products include: Open-Xchange Documentconverter-Api, Open-Xchange Office Web, Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite Backend, Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Appsuite Frontend. Version information: before 7.6.2.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.