CVE-2016-6793

9.1 criticalEPSS 8.5%

Critical (9.1) in apache wicket. EPSS 8.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The DiskFileItem class in Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0 and 1.5.x before 1.5.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) and write to, move, and delete files with the permissions of DiskFileItem, and if running on a Java VM before 1.3.1, execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.1 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 8.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-502
Published: 2017-07-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apache:wicket

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/31/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539975/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95168
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037541
https://wicket.apache.org/news/2016/12/31/cve-2016-6793.html

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