CVE-2016-1926

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant ...

6.1 Medium

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) 6.x before 6.0.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the aggregate_type parameter in a get_aggregate command to omp.

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

1.62%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Record: CVE-2016-1926
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-1926
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-3016 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-3016
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m58f-5mcm-c967 6.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the charts module in Greenbone Security Assistant ...

Record: GHSA-m58f-5mcm-c967
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS: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

OSV 6.1

Record: CVE-2016-1926
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1926 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Greenbone Os, published January 26, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.62%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.