CVE-2016-0781· NVD / CVE Program· CNA dell

The UAA OAuth approval pages in Cloud Foundry v208 to v231, Login-server v1.6 to v1.14, UAA v2.0.0 to v2.7.4.1, UAA v3.0.0 to v3.2.0, UAA-Re

The UAA OAuth approval pages in Cloud Foundry v208 to v231, Login-server v1.6 to v1.14, UAA v2.0.0 to v2.7.4.1, UAA v3.0.0 to v3.2.0, UAA-Release v2 to v7 and Pivotal Elastic Runtime 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.20 are vulnerable to an XSS attack by specifying malicious java script content in either the OAuth scopes (SCIM groups) or SCIM group descriptions.

MediumCVSS 6.1 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Published: May 25, 2017
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 0.7% · 49th percentile
CWE: CWE-79

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Low priority for now.

CVSS: 24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.7%

Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
cloudfoundry	cloud foundry uaa bosh	cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh
pivotal software	cloud foundry	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry
pivotal software	cloud foundry elastic runtime	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_elastic_runtime
pivotal software	cloud foundry uaa	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_uaa
pivotal software	login-server	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:login-server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh2
cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh3
cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh4
cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh5
cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh6
cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh7
pivotal software cloud foundry208
pivotal software cloud foundry209
pivotal software cloud foundry210
pivotal software cloud foundry211
pivotal software cloud foundry212
pivotal software cloud foundry213
pivotal software cloud foundry214
pivotal software cloud foundry215
pivotal software cloud foundry216
pivotal software cloud foundry217
pivotal software cloud foundry218
pivotal software cloud foundry219
pivotal software cloud foundry220
pivotal software cloud foundry221

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dell). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Pivotal Cloud Foundry
- v208 to v231, Login-server v1.6 to v1.14, UAA v2.0.0 to v2.7.4.1, UAA v3.0.0 to v3.2.0, UAA-Release v2 to v7, Elastic Runtime 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.20affected

Same product

cloudfoundry: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2016-6637Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 242; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.7, 3.x before 3.3
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CVE-2016-4468SQL injection vulnerability in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 238; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.4, 3.x before 3.3.0.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.1; U
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CVE-2016-6651The UAA /oauth/token endpoint in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 243; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.8, 3.x before 3.3.0.6, and 3.4.x before 3.4.5;
36Monitor
CVE-2017-4973An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry Foundation cf-release versions prior to v257; UAA release 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.14, 3.6.x ve
35Monitor
CVE-2016-3084The UAA reset password flow in Cloud Foundry release v236 and earlier versions, UAA release v3.3.0 and earlier versions, all versions of Log
32Monitor
CVE-2016-6659Cloud Foundry before 248; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.12, 3.x before 3.6.5, and 3.7.x through 3.9.x before 3.9.3; and UAA bosh release (aka uaa-rel
32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: low · data can be read
Integrity: low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality impact: Low
Integrity impact: Low
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

1commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Noroxi analysis

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-0781

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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