CVE-2016-5078
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
6.1 Medium
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
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
0.66%Down 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
- Record
CVE-2016-5078- 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
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
- Record
CVE-2016-5078- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6031 No score
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6031- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wr5g-cx29-42h3
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
Paessler PRTG before 16.2.24.4045 has XSS via SNMP.
- Record
GHSA-wr5g-cx29-42h3- 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-2016-5078 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Paessler Prtg Network Monitor, published April 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.