Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-6913 · published 26 September 2016

CVE-2016-6913: Alienvault open source security information and event management cross-site scripting vulnerability

Alienvault · Open Source Security Information And Event Management

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AlienVault OSSIM before 5.3 and USM before 5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the back parameter to ossim/conf/reload.php.

5.4 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.92% · top 41.1% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting

5.4CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 3.5

0.92%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

2Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

Affected products

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

Open Source Security Information And Event Management Alienvault

Unified Security Management Alienvault

References

Link	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/122	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92632	VDB Entry
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7558/	Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/122	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92632	VDB Entry
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7558/	Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-6913), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-03). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.