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CVE-2016-1596

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Micro Focus Novell Service Desk before 7.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a certain (1) user name, (2) tf_aClientFirstName, (3) tf_aClientLastName, (4) ta_selectedTopicContent, (5) tf_orgUnitName, (6) tf_aManufacturerFullName, (7) tf_aManufacturerName, (8) tf_aManufacturerAddress, or (9) tf_aManufacturerCity parameter.

Affected products

• Novell Service Desk: through 7.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687/
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017431
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538043/100/0/threaded
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136646
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/novell-service-desk-7.1.0.txt
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39687/
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017431

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