6.1

CVE-2016-4316: wso2 carbon Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-2vcm-2mcr-wmx7
Published 16-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4316 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wso2 carbon. EPSS estimates a 4.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.00%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 16-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) setName parameter to identity-mgt/challenges-mgt.jsp; the (2) webappType or (3) httpPort parameter to webapp-list/webapp_info.jsp; the (4) dsName or (5) description parameter to ndatasource/newdatasource.jsp; the (6) phase parameter to viewflows/handlers.jsp; or the (7) url parameter to ndatasource/validateconnection-ajaxprocessor.jsp.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.00% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.00%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hyp3rlinx.altervista.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasejspVerified

    WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.wso2.carbon.commons2 products
  • org.wso2.carbon.messageflows.ui≤ 4.4.5
  • org.wso2.carbon.ndatasource.ui≤ 4.4.5
Org.wso2.carbon.identity.framework1 product
  • org.wso2.carbon.identity.mgt.ui≤ 4.4.5
Wso21 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

8 links