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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-6347 · published 20 April 2017

CVE-2016-6347: Redhat resteasy cross-site scripting vulnerability

Redhat · Resteasy

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default exception handler in RESTEasy allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% · top 21.4% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default exception handler in RESTEasy allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92759 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372124 Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92759 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372124 Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-6347), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.