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CVE-2016-10006 AntiSamy

Affected softwareAntiSamy
Severity6.1 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in1.5.5
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published24 Dec 2016
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

In OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.5, by submitting a specially crafted input (a tag that supports style with active content), you could bypass the library protections and supply executable code. The impact is XSS.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
  • EPSS 2.4% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
GitHub PoC nahsra/antisamy with CVE-2016-10006 2024-05-31

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory
Finding This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.

CVSS

6.1 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 6.1 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.3 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.owasp.antisamy:antisamy 0 1.5.5 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd antisamy project antisamy generic < 1.5.5
osv org.owasp.antisamy antisamy generic < 1.5.5

References

URLTags
https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy/issues/2 WEB
https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy PACKAGE
https://web.archive.org/web/20170214025813/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95101 WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20201207192053/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037532 WEB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95101 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037532 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published2016-12-24By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.