CVE-2016-6436 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-6436

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HostScan Engine 3.0.08062 through 3.1.14018...

Vulnerability Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in HostScan Engine 3.0.08062 through 3.1.14018 in the Cisco Host Scan package, as used in ASA Web VPN, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL, aka Bug ID CSCuz14682.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

hostscan engine
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0.08062, 3.0.08066, 3.1.01065, 3.1.02016, 3.1.02026, 3.1.02040, 3.1.02043, 3.1.03103, 3.1.03104, 3.1.04060, 3.1.04063, 3.1.04075, 3.1.04082, 3.1.05152, 3.1.05160, 3.1.05163, 3.1.05170, 3.1.05178, 3.1.05182, 3.1.05183, 3.1.06073, 3.1.14018

Timeline

Official Publish: October 6th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.