Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package php-horde-text-filter  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-PHPHORDETEXTFILTER-665482
  • published20 Dec 2016
  • disclosed20 Dec 2016

Introduced: 20 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-5303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-horde-text-filter package and not the php-horde-text-filter package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Horde Text Filter API in Horde Groupware and Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 5.2.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted data:text/html content in a form (1) action or (2) xlink attribute.