CVE-2016-6793
The DiskFileItem class in Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0 and 1.5.x before 1.5.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
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Description
The DiskFileItem class in Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0 and 1.5.x before 1.5.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) and write to, move, and delete files with the permissions of DiskFileItem, and if running on a Java VM before 1.3.1, execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 months later
· 11 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 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1037541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20161231 Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2016-6793 Apache Wicket deserialization vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161231 Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2016-6793 Apache Wicket deserialization vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://wicket.apache.org/news/2016/12/31/cve-2016-6793.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 95168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-23 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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