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CVE-2016-5005

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.8 EPSS 4.80% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-07-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.8. It affects Apache. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
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CVE
CVE-2016-5005
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.8
EPSS
4.80%
Apache

Original NVD Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Archiva 1.3.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the connector.sourceRepoId parameter to admin/addProxyConnector_commit.action.