High severity · published Feb 17, 2017
CVE-2016-4311
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XACML flow feature in WSO2 Identity Server 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users…
8.8
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XACML flow feature in WSO2 Identity Server 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that process XACML requests via an entitlement/eval-policy-submit.jsp request.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IS
Identity Server · Wso2
5.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4311
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4311
Exploit
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/
Patch
https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096
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