CVE-2016-9891
Publication date 29 December 2016
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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).
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| dotclear | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.4 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Other references
- https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/changeset/5536ac77e915
- https://dev.dotclear.org/2.0/ticket/2224
- https://dotclear.org/blog/post/2016/12/28/Dotclear-2.11
- https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/712559193a6e
- https://smarterbitbybit.com/cve-2016-9891-dotclear-xss-vulnerability-in-version-2-10-4/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9891