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CVE-2016-4216

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4216 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in XMPCore within Adobe XMP Toolkit for Java versions prior to 5.1.3, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, potentially leading to significant information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:xmp_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:java:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0363 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.adobe.xmp:xmpcoreFixed in: 5.1.3
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6Fixed in: xmpcore
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat BPM Suite 6Fixed in: xmpcore
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6Fixed in: xmpcore

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-qv32-7r6p-xhhhhigh

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects com.adobe.xmp:xmpcore

Oct 19, 2018
redhatCVE-2016-4216Moderate

xmpcore: XXE resulting in information disclosure

Jul 12, 2016

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/xmpcore/apsb16-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91717