Is CVE-2016-9466 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-9466 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-9466?

CVE-2016-9466 has a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2016-9466?

Patch guidance is available from nextcloud security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-9466.

CVE-2016-9466 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-9466?

3 products: nextcloud nextcloud server, owncloud owncloud, owncloud owncloud.

Description

Nextcloud Server before 10.0.1 & ownCloud Server before 9.0.6 and 9.1.2 suffer from Reflected XSS in the Gallery application. The gallery app was not properly sanitizing exception messages from the Nextcloud/ownCloud server. Due to an endpoint where an attacker could influence the error message, this led to a reflected Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Metadata

Primary Vendor: NEXTCLOUD
Published: 3/28/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2016-9466

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