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Plain-English summary
CVE-2016-9130 is a stored cross-site scripting issue in Revive Adserver before 3.2.3. A trusted non-admin user could place script content in a website name that was later displayed without proper escaping in the user interface.
Executive priority
Address during normal vulnerability remediation cycles, sooner for shared or multi-user Revive Adserver environments. The issue is not known to be actively exploited from the provided sources, but stored XSS can affect administrator trust boundaries.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-79 persistent XSS in campaign-zone.php. The vulnerable field is the website name, which was not properly escaped when rendered. The source material identifies affected versions as Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 and requires a trusted non-admin account.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 where trusted non-admin users can modify website names in the UI.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. Exploitation requires an authenticated trusted non-admin account, reducing broad internet exposure but still creating risk inside shared adserver operations.
Researcher notes
Primary evidence comes from the CVE record, vendor advisory, and linked fix commit. No CVSS score is provided in the bundle. Avoid assuming unauthenticated exploitation; the description explicitly requires a trusted non-admin account.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Revive Adserver to 3.2.3 or later per vendor guidance.
- Restrict trusted non-admin accounts to users with a business need.
- Review vendor advisory REVIVE-SA-2016-001 for deployment-specific instructions.
- Monitor Revive Adserver release notes for any related follow-up fixes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Revive Adserver deployments and confirm their exact versions.
- Flag any instance running a version before 3.2.3.
- Review non-admin user permissions for website-name editing rights.
- Check recent website-name changes for unexpected script-like content.
- Confirm the updated code escapes website names in campaign-zone.php.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-001/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/f6880330a8e11e804663f132867e9eb9b1f94e83CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.