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CVE-2016-4312

37
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40239 · Aug 16, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0600 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 1,160 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
docs.wso2.com / display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40239
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/92485
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry