CVE-2016-4311 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XACML flow feature of WSO2 Identity Server 5.1.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users by tricking them into processing malicious XACML requests. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-40239) exists, indicating public exploit code availability. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.