CVE-2016-4312 is an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting WSO2 Identity Server 5.1.0, specifically within its XACML flow feature. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to craft malicious XACML requests, leading to arbitrary file reading, denial of service, server-side request forgery (SSRF), or other impacts. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), exploitation requires low privileges but has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with high attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists, and it can be chained with CVE-2016-4311 for unauthenticated exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability 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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.