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CVE-2016-5760 medium CVSS 6.1

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Novell GroupWise (CVE-2016-5760)

Summary

Cross-site scripting in Novell GroupWise (CVE-2016-5760). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) token parameter to gwadmin-console/install/login.jsp or (2) PATH_INFO to gwadmin-console/index.jsp.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-5760 has been found in Novell GroupWise.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Novell GroupWise CVE-2016-5760" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2016-5760 (Novell GroupWise) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Novell GroupWise.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Novell GroupWise.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Novell GroupWise を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

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