CVE-2016-5394

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 2.60%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-07-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2016-5394

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

2.60%

Apache

Original NVD Description

In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the encoding done by the XSSAPI.encodeForJSString() method is not restrictive enough and for some input patterns allows script tags to pass through unencoded, leading to potential XSS vulnerabilities.