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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-6523 · published 9 December 2016

CVE-2016-6523: Dotclear cross-site scripting vulnerability

Dotclear · Dotclear

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the media manager in Dotclear before 2.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) q or (2) link_type parameter to admin/media.php.

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 30.7% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the media manager in Dotclear before 2.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) q or (2) link_type parameter to admin/media.php.

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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/13 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/3 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92272 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/file/18dc878c1178/CHANGELOG Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/40d0207e520d PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/13 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/3 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92272 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/file/18dc878c1178/CHANGELOG Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/40d0207e520d PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-6523), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.