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CVE-2016-8215 Emc CVE debrief

CVE-2016-8215 describes a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in EMC RSA Security Analytics. The CVE was published on 2017-01-25 and NVD classifies the issue as CWE-79 with a medium CVSS 3.0 score of 6.1. The NVD record indicates affected RSA Security Analytics versions include 10.5 through 10.5.2 and 10.6 through 10.6.1, while the source description states that fixes are present in 10.5.3 and 10.6.2.

Vendor
Emc
Product
CVE-2016-8215
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.1
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2017-01-25
Original CVE updated
2026-05-13
Advisory published
2017-01-25
Advisory updated
2026-05-13

Who should care

Security teams and administrators running EMC RSA Security Analytics 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.6, or 10.6.1 should review exposure. Web application owners handling user-facing input or URLs in these versions should prioritize validation and patch verification.

Technical summary

The vulnerability is a reflected XSS flaw, meaning untrusted input is reflected back into a web response without adequate escaping or encoding. NVD lists the weakness as CWE-79 and rates the attack as network reachable, low complexity, requiring no privileges but requiring user interaction, with scope changed and low impacts to confidentiality and integrity.

Defensive priority

Medium priority. The issue is externally reachable and requires no privileges, but it does require user interaction and the available evidence points to low confidentiality and integrity impact rather than direct availability impact.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Confirm whether RSA Security Analytics instances are running any affected versions listed by NVD (10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.6, or 10.6.1).
  • Upgrade to the fixed versions named in the CVE description: 10.5.3 or 10.6.2, if those are the applicable vendor-published remediations.
  • Review any user-facing pages or parameters in the product for reflected input handling and ensure proper output encoding and input validation are in place.
  • Verify that vendor and third-party advisory references are tracked in internal patch management so the fix is not missed.
  • Retest after upgrading to confirm the vulnerable behavior is no longer present.

Evidence notes

The source corpus is the NVD CVE record for CVE-2016-8215. NVD lists the weakness as CWE-79 and provides CVSS 3.0 vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerable CPE entries cover RSA Security Analytics 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.6, and 10.6.1. The description states fixes exist in 10.5.3 and 10.6.2. NVD references third-party advisory and tracking pages from SecurityFocus and SecurityTracker.

Official resources

CVE-2016-8215 was published on 2017-01-25. The source record was last modified on 2026-05-13, which is metadata timing and not the original issue date.