CVE-2016-10516

Publication date 23 October 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python-werkzeug	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.10.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.9.4+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
python-werkzeug	Other: 1034edc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3463-1
Werkzeug vulnerability
25 October 2017