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CVE-2016-8580

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8580 describes critical PHP object injection vulnerabilities in AlienVault OSSIM and USM versions prior to 5.3.2, specifically within multiple widget files. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code remotely through the manipulation of magic methods in included classes. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and showing no social media or media coverage, public exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is available on ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_and_event_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41424 · Jan 31, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0686 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

alienvault.com / forums/discussion/7766/security-advisory-alienvault-5-3-2-address-70-vulnerabilities
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40682
securityfocus.com / bid/93864