CVE-2016-6519

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "Shares" overview in Openstack Manila before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Metadata field in the "Create Share" form.

Affected products

OpenStack Manila: through 2.5
OpenStack: 7.0, 8, 9

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2115.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2116.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2117.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93001
https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila-ui/+bug/1597738
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375147
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2115.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2116.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2117.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93001

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