Is CVE-2016-9472 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-9472 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-9472?

CVE-2016-9472 has a CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2016-9472?

Patch guidance is available from revive-adserver security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2016-9472.

CVE-2016-9472 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2016-9472?

2 products: revive-adserver revive adserver, revive-adserver revive adserver.

Description

Revive Adserver before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 suffers from Reflected XSS. The Revive Adserver web installer scripts were vulnerable to a reflected XSS attack via the dbHost, dbUser, and possibly other parameters. It has to be noted that the window for such attack vectors to be possible is extremely narrow and it is very unlikely that such an attack could be actually effective.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
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: REVIVE-ADSERVER
Published: 3/28/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2016-9472

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