CVE-2016-4311

8.8 HIGH
Published: February 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XACML flow feature in WSO2 Identity Server 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that process XACML requests via an entitlement/eval-policy-submit.jsp request.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt
Source: cret@cert.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html
Source: cret@cert.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/
Source: cret@cert.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

Affected Vendors

wso2

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