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TI-2016-01427 Aliases CVE-2016-1566GHSA-h3fg-gg9m-6pp2

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in Guacamole 0.9.8 and…

Priority LOW 29CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file browser in Guacamole 0.9.8 and 0.9.9, when file transfer is enabled to a location shared by multiple users, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename. NOTE: this vulnerability was fixed in guacamole.war on 2016-01-13, but the version number was not changed.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02216 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:guacamole:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.8VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:guacamole:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.9VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:guacamole:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.8 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:guacamole:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.9 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1566
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3fg-gg9m-6pp2

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-14123 SQLite 3.30.1 mishandles certain SELECT statements with a nonexistent VIEW, leading to an application crash. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-23512 Apache Guacamole: Integer overflow in handling of VNC image buffers CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-19751 Improper validation of SAML responses CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-14404 Apache Guacamole: Use-after-free in handling of RDP audio input buffer CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2017-02374 Race condition in Apache Guacamole CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2018-01241 Prior to 1.0.0, Apache Guacamole used a cookie for client-side storage of the user's… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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