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Case File

CVE-2016-9909

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 2.16% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-9909
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.1
EPSS
2.16%

Original NVD Description

The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of the < (less than) character in attribute values.