CVE-2016-7981

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: yes
Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the var_url parameter in a valider_xml action.

Affected products

SPIP: through 3.1.2

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451
https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23200
https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23201
https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23202
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451
https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23200

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