9.8

CVE-2016-4800: eclipse jetty Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-872g-2h8h-362q
Published 13-04-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4800 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in eclipse jetty. EPSS estimates a 6.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.36%
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. 13-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The path normalization mechanism in PathResource class in Eclipse Jetty 9.3.x before 9.3.9 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass protected resource restrictions and other security constraints via a URL with certain escaped characters, related to backslashes.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.36% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
6.36%

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

Eclipse1 product
  • jettyEOL9.3.0 | 9.3.0:m0 | 9.3.0:m1 | 9.3.0:maintenance2 | 9.3.0:rc0 | 9.3.0:rc1 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 9.3.3 | 9.3.4 | 9.3.4:rc0 | 9.3.4:rc1 | 9.3.5 | 9.3.6 | 9.3.7 | 9.3.7:rc0 | 9.3.7:rc1 | 9.3.8 | 9.3.8:rc0
Org.eclipse.jetty1 product
  • jetty-server≥ 9.3.0, < 9.3.9

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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