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CVE-2016-7251

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MDS API in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter, aka "MDS API XSS Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft SQL Server: 2016

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94043
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037250
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94043
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037250
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136

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