MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4314

Carbon vulnerability

CVSS
4.9
EPSS
12.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in the LogViewer Admin Service in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the logFile parameter to downloadgz-ajaxprocessor.jsp.
Affected vendor
Wso2
Affected product
Carbon
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-02-17

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 12.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4314

  • Confirm whether Wso2 Carbon is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4314.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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