CVE-2016-5394
In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the encoding done by the XSSAPI.encodeForJSString() method is not…
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- redhat
Description
In the XSS Protection API module before 1.0.12 in Apache Sling, the encoding done by the XSSAPI.encodeForJSString() method is not restrictive enough and for some input patterns allows script tags to pass through unencoded, leading to potential XSS vulnerabilities.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 13 months later
· 13 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Sling
- affected prior to 1.0.12
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.xssGHSA-xwf4-88xr-hx2j (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.xss.compatGHSA-xwf4-88xr-hx2j (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/332166037a54b97cf41e2b616aaed38439de94b19b204841478e4525%40%3Cdev.sling.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 99870 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xwf4-88xr-hx2j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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