CVE-2016-4892
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site scripting vulnerability in SetsucoCMS all versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SetsucoCMS allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this is likely a reflected or DOM-based XSS rather than stored XSS. The specific injection point is not detailed in available sources.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm SetucocMS installationIdentify whether SetucocMS is running in your environment by reviewing installed web applications, checking application directories, or examining web server configurations for SetucocCMS-related files or virtual hosts.Affected if SetucocMS is present in the environment - all versions are affected according to the advisory.
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Identify user input entry pointsReview your SetucocMS deployment for web forms, search fields, URL parameters, or any user-controllable input areas that render content back to the browser.Affected if Any user input field exists that reflects submitted data back into the HTML output without sanitization.
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Test for XSS vulnerabilitySubmit a benign XSS payload such as <script>alert(1)</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert(1)> into identified input fields and observe whether the payload executes or appears unescaped in the response.Affected if The payload is rendered as-is in the response without HTML encoding or is executable in the browser context.
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Review HTTP responses for reflected contentCapture and examine HTTP responses from SetucocMS pages that accept user input, looking for any portion of the request that is reflected verbatim in the response body.Affected if User-supplied input appears unescaped in any HTTP response.
If SetucocMS is installed and any user input field reflects submitted content without proper encoding, the environment is affected since all versions contain this XSS vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply context-aware output encoding for all user-supplied data before rendering in HTML, implement input validation with allowlists where feasible, and consider deploying a Content Security Policy (CSP) to mitigate XSS execution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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