CVE-2017-5616

Publication date 3 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgiemail and cgiecho allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the addendum parameter.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cgiemail 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.6-37+deb7u1build0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.6-37+deb7u1build0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.6-37+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.6-37+deb7u1build0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.1 · Medium

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


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