CVE-2016-8527

Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS). The vulnerability is present in the VisualRF component of AirWave. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker who can trick a logged-in AirWave administrative user into clicking a link could obtain sensitive information, such as session cookies or passwords. The vulnerability requires that an administrative users click on the malicious link while currently logged into AirWave in the same browser.

Affected

Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Aruba AirWave

CVSS v3.0 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

13.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2018-08-06

Updated

2024-08-06

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-8527.yaml

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41482

Security advisories

• http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-001.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96495

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry