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CVE-2016-4316

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4316 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through various parameters across several JSP pages. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-40241) is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

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

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40241 · Aug 16, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0400 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 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-2vcm-2mcr-wmx7medium

WSO2 Carbon vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

May 14, 2022

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-PERSISTENT-XSS-COOKIE-THEFT.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/138331/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/40241
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539201/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/92473
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry