CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4312
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the XACML flow feature in WSO2 Identity Server 5.1.0 before WSO2-CARBON-PATCH-4.4.0-0231 allows remote authenticated users with access to XACML features to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks, or have unspecified other impact via a crafted XACML request to entitlement/eval-policy-submit.jsp. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-4311 to exploit the vulnerability without credentials.
Affected configurations
• wso2 identity server 5.1.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry