CVE-2016-9471

3.1 LOW
Published: March 28, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

Revive Adserver before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0 suffers from Special Element Injection. Usernames weren't properly sanitised when creating users on a Revive Adserver instance. Especially, control characters were not filtered, allowing apparently identical usernames to co-exist in the system, due to the fact that such characters are normally ignored when an HTML page is displayed in a browser. The issue could have therefore been exploited for user spoofing, although elevated privileges are required to create users within Revive Adserver.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/05b1eceb
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/128181
Source: support@hackerone.com
Permissions Required
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-002/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/05b1eceb
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/128181
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
3.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
51th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

revive-adserver