THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-15057
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CVE-2016-15057

Continuum vulnerability

CVSS
9.9
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in Apache Continuum. This issue affects Apache Continuum: all versions. Attackers with access to the installations REST API can use this to invoke arbitrary commands on the server. As this project is retired, we do not plan to release a version that fixes this issue. Users are recommended to find an alternative or restrict access to the instance to trusted users. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Continuum
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2026-01-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-15057

  • Confirm whether Apache Continuum is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-15057.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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