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CVE-2016-6519
medium
CVSS 5.4
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in manila-ui (CVE-2016-6519)
Summary
cross-site scripting in manila-ui (CVE-2016-6519). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `2.5.1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2016-6519** has been found in manila-ui.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: upgrade manila-ui to **2.5.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "manila-ui CVE-2016-6519" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-6519 (manila-ui) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Patched: `2.5.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Cross-site scripting (XSS)** (CWE-79) exists in manila-ui.
📍 Affected scope
manila-ui — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **2.5.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'manila-ui' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'manila-ui' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `manila-ui` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade manila-ui to 2.5.1ステージング環境で 2.5.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
manila-ui
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References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6519
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vq76-5ghr-9p4v
- package https://pypi.org/project/manila-ui
- web http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2115.html
- web http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2116.html
- web http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2117.html
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/7
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93001
- web https://bugs.launchpad.net/manila-ui/+bug/1597738
- web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375147
- web https://github.com/openstack/manila-ui/commit/009913d725bee34cef0bd62e47a298025ace2696
- web https://github.com/openstack/manila-ui/commit/89593686ef18f2bd06223b92071b4be2362a5abd
- web https://github.com/openstack/manila-ui/commit/fca19a1b0d42536644212c5d673fbd6866e67c43