CVE-2016-4311

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-02-17 02:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2016-4311

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4311

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-4311

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wso2

identity_server

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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