CVE-2016-10256
The Symantec ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), 6.6, and 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console...
The Symantec ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), 6.6, and 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console is susceptible to a reflected XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker can use a crafted management console URL in a phishing attack to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the management console web client application. This is a separate vulnerability from CVE-2016-10257.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Symantec ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), 6.6, and 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console is susceptible to a reflected XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker can use a crafted management console URL in a phishing attack to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the management console web client application. This is a separate vulnerability from CVE-2016-10257.
- Record
CVE-2016-10256- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Symantec ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), 6.6, and 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console is susceptible to a reflected XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker can use a crafted management console URL in a phishing attack to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the management console web client application. This is a separate vulnerability from CVE-2016-10257.
- Record
CVE-2016-10256- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1441 No score
The Symantec ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), 6.6, and 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console is susceptible to a reflected XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker can use a crafted management console URL in a phishing attack to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the management console web client application. This is a separate vulnerability from CVE-2016-10257.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1441- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jvp2-whwq-j6fc
The Symantec ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), 6.6, and 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console...
The Symantec ProxySG 6.5 (prior to 6.5.10.6), 6.6, and 6.7 (prior to 6.7.2.1) management console is susceptible to a reflected XSS vulnerability. A remote attacker can use a crafted management console URL in a phishing attack to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the management console web client application. This is a separate vulnerability from CVE-2016-10257.
- Record
GHSA-jvp2-whwq-j6fc- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10256 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Broadcom Symantec Proxysg, published January 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.