CVE-2016-10245

doxygen: cross-site scripting in templates/html/search_opensearch.php

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 24, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

Insufficient sanitization of the query parameter in templates/html/search_opensearch.php could lead to reflected cross-site scripting or iframe injection.

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')