CVE-2016-0793
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the servlet filter restriction mechanism in WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) before…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the servlet filter restriction mechanism in WildFly (formerly JBoss Application Server) before 10.0.0.Final on Windows allows remote attackers to read the sensitive files in the (1) WEB-INF or (2) META-INF directory via a request that contains (a) lowercase or (b) "meaningless" characters.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 39573 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.0% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.wildfly:wildfly-parentGHSA-9q87-22gr-r8qf (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.wildfly:wildfly-undertowGHSA-9q87-22gr-r8qf (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03784en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136323/Wildfly-Filter-Restriction-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39573 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180215-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9q87-22gr-r8qf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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