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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-11071

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.1.0. It allows XSS because the noreferrer and noopener protection mechanisms were not in place.

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CVE-2016-11071
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1 Nov 2026, 07:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-11071

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jun 2020, 20:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.1.0. It allows XSS because the noreferrer and noopener protection mechanisms were not in place.

osv:CVE-2016-11071
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-11071",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-11071",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.1.0. It allows XSS because the noreferrer and noopener protection mechanisms were not in place.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-11071",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-11071",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-11071",
        "GHSA-h3qg-w9j5-wh3m",
        "GO-2025-4058"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "974238231b9cdbd39a825ec8e9299fbb0b51f6b8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.5.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-11071.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:59.588965104Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://mattermost.com/security-updates/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-11071",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439352,
  "published_at": "2020-06-19T20:15:11.273+00:00"
}