Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-3709

Title: Xmlsoft Libxml2 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-3709.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Jul 28, 2022

Modified Date Nov 04, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.76%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-3709: Possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.

Impacted Vendors

xmlsoft 1

Reference Links

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2018-January/msg00010.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00021.html https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2018-January/msg00010.html

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-3709 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 04, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 28, 2022 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.