CVE-2016-11071Cross-site Scripting in Mattermost Mattermost-server

Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 19
Latest updateOct 30

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Mattermost Server is vulnerable to XSS through lack of link relationship attributes `noreferrer` and `noopener` in github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server2025-10-30
OSV
Mattermost Server is vulnerable to XSS through lack of link relationship attributes `noreferrer` and `noopener`2022-05-24
GHSA
Mattermost Server is vulnerable to XSS through lack of link relationship attributes `noreferrer` and `noopener`2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2016-11071: An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 32020-06-19
CVE-2016-11071 — Cross-site Scripting | cvebase