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Plain-English summary
CVE-2016-15022 is a low-severity cross-site scripting issue in mosbth cimage versions 0.7.0 through 0.7.18. It affects check_system.php and depends on manipulating SERVER_SOFTWARE. The available sources describe exploitation as remote but difficult, requiring high attack complexity, high privileges, and user interaction.
Executive priority
Treat this as routine maintenance unless cimage is externally exposed in a sensitive administrative workflow. The known impact is limited integrity risk, but upgrading is straightforward and should be included in the next normal patch cycle.
Technical view
The vulnerability is CWE-79 in cimage check_system.php. Unsanitized handling of $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] can lead to cross-site scripting with integrity impact only. CVSS 3.1 is 2.0: AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. Version 0.7.19 and commit 401478c8393989836beeddfeac5ce44570af162b address it.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to environments running mosbth cimage 0.7.0 through 0.7.18, especially where check_system.php is present or reachable. The source bundle provides no CPEs, deployment prevalence, or hosted-service details, so affected inventory must be confirmed internally.
Exploitation context
The sources do not report active exploitation, and KEV status is false. VulDB describes remote launch but high complexity and difficult exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates high privileges and user interaction are required, which lowers operational urgency compared with unauthenticated XSS issues.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow but consistent: affected versions, vulnerable file, input source, CVSS vector, CWE, and fixed release are named. The vulnerable functionality is otherwise described as unknown, and the bundle does not include exploit evidence or detailed deployment context.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade mosbth cimage to version 0.7.19.
- Confirm patch commit 401478c8393989836beeddfeac5ce44570af162b is included.
- Check vendor release notes before using unsupported backports.
- Remove or replace obsolete cimage versions if upgrade is not feasible.
Validation and detection
- Inventory all cimage deployments and installed versions.
- Confirm no deployment remains on versions 0.7.0 through 0.7.18.
- Verify check_system.php behavior after upgrading to 0.7.19.
- Review access logs for unexpected check_system.php activity.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N0.51.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
2LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://vuldb.com/?id.219715CVE reference · vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.219715CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/mosbth/cimage/commit/401478c8393989836beeddfeac5ce44570af162bCVE reference · patch
- https://github.com/mosbth/cimage/releases/tag/v0.7.19CVE reference · patch
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CWE details
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