Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-8855

Title: Sitecore Experience Platform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-8855

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Mar 19, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.1 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-8855: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in "/sitecore/client/Applications/List Manager/Taskpages/Contact list" in Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1 rev. 160519 (8.1 Update-3) allows remote attacks via the Name or Description parameter. This is fixed in 8.2 Update-2.

Impacted Vendors

sitecore 1

Reference Links

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141655/Sitecore-Experience-Platform-8.1-Update-3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41618/ https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141655/Sitecore-Experience-Platform-8.1-Update-3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41618/

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns