A persistent XSS vulnerability exists in the User-Agent header of the login process of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to steal session IDs of logged in users when the current sessions are viewed by an administrator.
Published 2016-10-28 15:59:05
Updated 2017-09-03 01:29:15
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8581

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.49%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 73 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Metasploit modules for CVE-2016-8581

  • AlienVault OSSIM SQL Injection and Remote Code Execution
    Disclosure Date: 2014-04-24
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/linux/http/alienvault_sqli_exec
    This module exploits an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability affecting AlienVault OSSIM versions 4.3.1 and lower. The SQL injection issue can be abused in order to retrieve an active admin session ID. If an administrator level user is identified, remote code executio

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-8581

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
NIST
6.1
MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.8
2.7
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-8581

References for CVE-2016-8581

Products affected by CVE-2016-8581

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