Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-9891 · published 29 December 2016

CVE-2016-9891: Dotclear cross-site scripting vulnerability

Dotclear · Dotclear

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/media.php and admin/media_item.php in Dotclear before 2.11 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the upfiletitle or media_title parameter (aka the media title).

5.4 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.96% · top 40.0% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting

5.4CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 3.5

0.96%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

12References

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

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

Dotclear Dotclear

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95156	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/changeset/5536ac77e915	Issue TrackingPatch
https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/ticket/2224	Issue Tracking
https://dotclear.org/blog/post/2016/12/28/Dotclear-2.11	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/712559193a6e	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://smarterbitbybit.com/cve-2016-9891-dotclear-xss-vulnerability-in-version-2-10-4/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95156	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/changeset/5536ac77e915	Issue TrackingPatch
https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/ticket/2224	Issue Tracking
https://dotclear.org/blog/post/2016/12/28/Dotclear-2.11	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/712559193a6e	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://smarterbitbybit.com/cve-2016-9891-dotclear-xss-vulnerability-in-version-2-10-4/	Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-9891), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.