CVE-2016-6217

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sophos PureMessage for UNIX before 6.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Sophos Puremessage: before 6.3.2 — fixed in 6.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sophos Puremessage 6.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://pmx.sophos.com/rn/pmx/concepts/ReleaseNotes_6.3.2.html
http://pmx.sophos.com/rn/pmx/concepts/ReleaseNotes_6.3.2.html

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