CVE-2016-6555

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    CVE-2016-6555

    Published: 24 Sept 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: OpenNMS version 18.0.1 and prior are vulnerable to a stored XSS issue due to insufficient filtering of SNMP trap supplied data. By creating a malicious SNMP trap, an attacker can store an XSS payload which will trigger when a user of the web UI views the events list page. This issue was fixed in version 18.0.2, released on September 20, 2016.

    References: https://github.com/OpenNMS/opennms/pull/1019, https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2016/11/15/r7-2016-24-opennms-stored-xss-via-snmp-cve-2016-6555-cve-2016-6556/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -45e60765ae1246ff20c3538dbb1446ce4d4e642f

    Affected versions

    opennms-18.0.1-1
    opennms-18.0.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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