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CVE-2016-5682

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.

Affected products

• Swagger-UI before 2.2.1: before 2.2.1 — fixed in 2.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 2.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui
• https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui

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