CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-4312
High (7.5) in wso2 identity server. EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 6.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-611
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wso2:identity_server
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485
- https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096