CVE-2016-9891

5.4 MEDIUM

Published: December 29, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

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).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95156

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/changeset/5536ac77e915

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/ticket/2224

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://dotclear.org/blog/post/2016/12/28/Dotclear-2.11

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/712559193a6e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://smarterbitbybit.com/cve-2016-9891-dotclear-xss-vulnerability-in-version-2-10-4/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95156