CVE-2016-3969
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.
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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.
- Record
CVE-2016-3969- 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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.
- Record
CVE-2016-3969- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4978 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4978- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3phg-6r5g-g5pr
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.
- Record
GHSA-3phg-6r5g-g5pr- 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-2016-3969 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Mcafee Email Gateway, published April 6, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.