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CVE-2016-4314

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4314 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting the LogViewer Admin Service in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5. This flaw allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files by manipulating the logFile parameter with ".." sequences. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.9 (Medium), indicating that while it requires high privileges (PR:H), it can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H) without user interaction. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:carbon:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40240 · Aug 16, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1235 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-mjww-vqqw-v78qmedium

WSO2 Carbon directory traversal vulnerability

May 14, 2022

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-LOCAL-FILE-INCLUSION.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/138330/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Local-File-Inclusion.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
docs.wso2.com / display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0098
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40240
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539200/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/92473
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry