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CVE-2016-5383

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CVE-2016-5383 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the web UI of Red Hat CloudForms 4.1, stemming from insufficient field filtering. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.6Fixed in: cfme-0:5.6.1.2-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.6Fixed in: cfme-appliance-0:5.6.1.2-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.6Fixed in: cfme-gemset-0:5.6.1.2-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.6Fixed in: google-compute-engine-0:2.0.0-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.6Fixed in: google-config-0:2.0.0-1.el7cf
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5383Important

CloudForms: Lack of field filters on user input

Aug 18, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1634.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92585
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry