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CVE-2016-5302

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5302 describes a critical vulnerability in Citrix XenServer 7.0, specifically in deployments upgraded from earlier versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers on the management network to compromise a host by leveraging Active Directory account credentials, leading to complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its CVSS score of 9.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it has not been widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

citrixvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.citrix.com / article/CTX213769
support.citrix.com / article/CTX213549
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1036082