Medium
Security advisory
Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5682
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.
osv:CVE-2016-5682
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5682",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2016-5682",
"summary": "Swagger-UI before 2.2.1 has XSS via the Default field in the Definitions section.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5682",
"products": [],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-5682",
"GHSA-p239-93f7-h6xf"
],
"metrics": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"affected": [
{
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"repo": "https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui",
"type": "GIT",
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:56.243267279Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/09/02/r7-2016-19-persistent-xss-via-unescaped-parameters-in-swagger-ui"
],
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},
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 438620,
"published_at": "2017-04-10T03:59:02.077+00:00"
}