CVE-2016-4316 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) setName parameter to identity-mgt/challenges-mgt.jsp; the (2) webappType or (3) httpPort parameter to webapp-list/webapp_info.jsp; the (4) dsName or (5) description parameter to ndatasource/newdatasource.jsp; the (6) phase parameter to viewflows/handlers.jsp; or the (7) url parameter to ndatasource/validateconnection-ajaxprocessor.jsp.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03159.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wso2	Carbon

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wso2:carbon:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5316	WSO2 Carbon vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Github GHSA	GHSA-2vcm-2mcr-wmx7	WSO2 Carbon vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-PERSISTENT-XSS-COOKIE-THEFT.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138331/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539201/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40241/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2017-02-16T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:25:14.212Z

Reserved: 2016-04-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4316

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-17T02:59:12.077

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4316

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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