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CVE-2016-10726

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10726 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the XMLUI feature of DSpace versions before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating the 'themes/' path with specific character sequences to access arbitrary files, such as 'etc/passwd'. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability allows for high confidentiality impact without requiring authentication or user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0, < 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0, < 5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0286 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.dspace:dspace-xmluiFixed in: 4.5
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.dspace:dspace-xmluiFixed in: 5.5
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.dspace:dspace-xmluiFixed in: 3.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-4m9r-5gqp-7j82high

High severity vulnerability that affects org.dspace:dspace-xmlui

Oct 19, 2018

References

github.com / DSpace/DSpace/releases/tag/dspace-5.5
Third Party Advisory
jira.duraspace.org / browse/DS-3094
PatchVendor Advisory
wiki.duraspace.org / display/DSDOC5x/Release+Notes
Vendor Advisory