doxygen: cross-site scripting in templates/html/search_opensearch.php
Published May 24, 2019
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.82%
Description
Insufficient sanitization of the query parameter in templates/html/search_opensearch.php could lead to reflected cross-site scripting or iframe injection.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
doxygen-1:1.8.5-4.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1034
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
doxygen
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
doxygen
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
doxygen
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | doxygen-1:1.8.5-4.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1034 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | doxygen | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | doxygen | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | doxygen | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
* This issue did not affect the versions of doxygen as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and 6 as they did not include the vulnerable file search_opensearch.php. * This issue did not affect the versions of doxygen as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as they already include the patched code.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.82% (0.01823) | 77.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01830) | 75.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.51% (0.00505) | 64.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00230) | 62.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 71.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 68.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 64.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108476 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/changelog.html#log_1_8_12 x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10245 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762934 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1714190 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen/commit/1cc1adad2de03a0f013881b8960daf89aa155081 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00046.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10245
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4002-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10245
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108476 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/manual/changelog.html#log_1_8_12 | x_refsource_MISCBroken Link | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10245 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762934 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1714190 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen/commit/1cc1adad2de03a0f013881b8960daf89aa155081 | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00046.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10245 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4002-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10245 |
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