CVE catalog
CVE-2016-10537
backbone: CVE-2016-10537
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.68% · Oct 27, 2026
backbone is a module that adds in structure to a JavaScript heavy application through key-value pairs and custom events connecting to your RESTful API through JSON There exists a potential Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in the `Model#Escape` function of backbone 0.3.3 and earlier, if a user is able to supply input. This is due to the regex that's replacing things to miss the conversion of things such as `<` to `<`.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | backbone | sid | 1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-4 | fixed |
| Debian | backbone | forky | 1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-4 | fixed |
| Debian | backbone | trixie | 1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3 | fixed |
| Debian | backbone | bookworm | 1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | backbone | source | sid | 0.5.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | backbone | source | forky | 0.5.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | backbone | source | trixie | 0.5.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | backbone | source | bookworm | 0.5.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libjs-backbone]Fixed
Source package: [backbone]
Details (2)
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · bookworm; dsa · backbone · debian · 12
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · bookworm; dsa · backbone · debian · 12
- [node-backbone]Fixed
Source package: [backbone]
Details (2)
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · bookworm; dsa · backbone · debian · 12
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · bookworm; dsa · backbone · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libjs-backbone]Fixed
Source package: [backbone]
Details (2)
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · 13
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · 13
- [node-backbone]Fixed
Source package: [backbone]
Details (2)
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · 13
1.4.1~dfsg+~1.4.15-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.3-1dsa · backbone · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10537]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10537]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-10537.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]