Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting resteasy package, versions <3.0.6-3ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.87% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-RESTEASY-1220265
  • published17 Jul 2025
  • disclosed20 Apr 2017

Introduced: 20 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-6347  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 resteasy to version 3.0.6-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream resteasy package and not the resteasy package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default exception handler in RESTEasy allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.