5.4

CVE-2016-10537: backbone_project backbone Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-10537GHSA-j6p2-cx3w-6jcp
Published 31-05-2018Last modified 17-09-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10537 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in backbone_project backbone. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.68%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

backbone is a module that adds in structure to a JavaScript heavy application through key-value pairs and custom events connecting to your RESTful API through JSON There exists a potential Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in the `Model#Escape` function of backbone 0.3.3 and earlier, if a user is able to supply input. This is due to the regex that's replacing things to miss the conversion of things such as `<` to `<`.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.69% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Backbone_project1 product
Debian1 product
  • backbone< 0.5.3-1
Hackerone1 product
Npm1 product
  • backbone≥ 0.3.3, < 0.5.0

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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