5.7
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-4315
WSO2 Carbon CSRF Privilege Escalation
Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that shutdown a server via a shutdown action to server-admin/proxy_ajaxprocessor.jsp.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 17, 2017, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4315 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wso2 carbon

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4315 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-CSRF-DOS.txt
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138332/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Denial-Of-Service.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539202/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473
    Added Reference https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0101
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40242/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539202/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539202/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138332/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Denial-Of-Service.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138332/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0101 No Types Assigned https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0101 Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40242/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40242/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-CSRF-DOS.txt No Types Assigned http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-CSRF-DOS.txt Third Party Advisory, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539202/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539202/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-352
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wso2:carbon:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.03 }} 1.67%

score

0.90723

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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