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CVE-2016-8581

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A persistent XSS vulnerability exists in the User-Agent header of the login process of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to steal session IDs of logged in users when the current sessions are viewed by an administrator.

Affected products

• Alienvault Open Source Security Information And Event Management: through 5.3.1
• Alienvault Unified Security Management: through 5.3.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93862
• https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7766/security-advisory-alienvault-5-3-2-address-70-vulnerabilities
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40683/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93862
• https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/7766/security-advisory-alienvault-5-3-2-address-70-vulnerabilities
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40683/

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