CVE-2016-6343

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

JBoss BPM Suite 6 is vulnerable to a reflected XSS via dashbuilder. Remote attackers can entice authenticated users that have privileges to access dashbuilder (usually admins) to click on links to /dashbuilder/Controller containing malicious scripts. Successful exploitation would allow execution of script code within the context of the affected user.

Affected products

RedHat Jboss Bpm Suite: from 6.0.0 before 6.4.2 — fixed in 6.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RedHat Jboss Bpm Suite 6.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0557.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96987
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0296
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-6343
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0557.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96987
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0296
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-6343

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