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CVE-2016-5422

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5422 describes an improper authorization vulnerability in the web console of Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (JON) versions prior to 3.3.7. This flaw allows authenticated users to elevate their privileges to administrator by crafting a specific POST request to add a super user. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_operations_network:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0214 is in the 79th 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3Fixed in: Security
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5422Moderate

JON3: privilege escalation via improper authorization

Aug 31, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1785.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92722
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry