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CVE-2016-5003
The Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
Critical9.8EPSS 14.9%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object in an <ex:serializable> element.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.9% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpcGHSA-4gqp-296r-j5mq (opens in a new tab)
References (14)
- [oss-security] 20160712 Vulnerabilities in Apache Archiva (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1779 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1784 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 91738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2317 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1036294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1780 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://0ang3el.blogspot.ru/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- apache-archiva-cve20165003-code-exec(115043) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 91736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200116 [CVE-2019-17570] xmlrpc-common untrusted deserialization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200124 RE: [CVE-2019-17570] xmlrpc-common untrusted deserialization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-26 (opens in a new tab)x_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-4gqp-296r-j5mq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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