6.1

CVE-2016-10516: palletsprojects werkzeug

Modified
AliasesGHSA-h2fp-xgx6-xh6fPYSEC-2017-43UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10516
Published 23-10-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10516 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in palletsprojects werkzeug. EPSS estimates a 1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.98%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2019:3172

Timeline

  1. 23-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the render_full function in debug/tbtools.py in the debugger in Pallets Werkzeug before 0.11.11 (as used in Pallets Flask and other products) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a field that contains an exception message.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.98%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.98% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • python-werkzeug< 0.11.11+dfsg1-1 | < 0.8.3+dfsg-1+deb7u1
Palletsprojects1 product
PyPI1 product
  • werkzeug< 0.11.11
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-werkzeug< 0.9.4+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2.1 | < 0.10.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1

4 vendors · 4 products

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