CVE-2016-1000229
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in swagger-ui
swagger-ui has XSS in key names
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
swagger-ui has XSS in key names
- Record
CVE-2016-1000229- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/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
swagger-ui has XSS in key names
- Record
CVE-2016-1000229- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4114 No score
swagger-ui has XSS in key names
- Record
EUVD-2022-4114- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h8wp-wgcq-qhrf
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in swagger-ui
swagger-ui has XSS in key names
- Record
GHSA-h8wp-wgcq-qhrf- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
swagger-ui has XSS in key names
- Record
CVE-2016-1000229- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h8wp-wgcq-qhrf
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in swagger-ui
swagger-ui has XSS in key names
- Record
GHSA-h8wp-wgcq-qhrf- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/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
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
swagger-uinpm |
before 2.2.1 | 2.2.1 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | barteeees/SwaggerUI-CVE-2016-1000229 | 2025-03-20 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1000229 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Smartbear Swagger-ui, published December 20, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.04%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in swagger-ui 2.2.1.
References
raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000229.json
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000229
securityfocus.com/bid/97580
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000229
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8wp-wgcq-qhrf