CVE-2016-10516
MEDIUM6.1EPSS 0.41%python-werkzeug - security update
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/python-werkzeugfrom 0, < 0.11.11+dfsg1-1
- Debian/python-werkzeugfrom 0, < 0.8.3+dfsg-1+deb7u1
- PyPI/werkzeugfrom 0, < 0.11.11
- PyPI/werkzeugfrom 0, < 0.11.11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (10)
- ADVISORYhttp://blog.neargle.com/2016/09/21/flask-src-review-get-a-xss-from-debuger/
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h2fp-xgx6-xh6f
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10516
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10516
- PATCHhttps://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
- WEBhttp://blog.neargle.com/2016/09/21/flask-src-review-get-a-xss-from-debuger
- WEBhttps://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/commit/1034edc7f901dd645ec6e462754111b39002bd65
- WEBhttps://github.com/pallets/werkzeug/pull/1001
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/werkzeug/PYSEC-2017-43.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00037.html