6.5

CVE-2016-2165: cloudfoundry cf-release Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 25-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2165 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in cloudfoundry cf-release. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.86%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Loggregator Traffic Controller endpoints in cf-release v231 and lower, Pivotal Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.5.19 AND 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.20 are not cleansing request URL paths when they are invalid and are returning them in the 404 response. This could allow malicious scripts to be written directly into the 404 response.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.86% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cloudfoundry1 product
Pivotal1 product
  • cloud foundrycf-release v231 and lower | Elastic Runtime versions prior to 1.5.19 AND 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.20
Pivotal_software1 product
  • cloud_foundry_elastic_runtime≤ 1.5.18 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.9 | 1.6.10 | 1.6.11 | 1.6.12 | 1.6.13 | 1.6.14 | 1.6.15 | 1.6.16 | 1.6.17 | 1.6.18 | 1.6.19

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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