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CVE-2016-3709

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-07-28 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.

Affected products

• xmlsoft libxml2: from 2.9.2 before 2.9.11 — fixed in 2.9.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xmlsoft libxml2 2.9.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2018-January/msg00010.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00021.html
• https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2018-January/msg00010.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

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