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CVE-2016-7043
It has been reported that KIE server and Busitess Central before version 7.21.0.Final contain username and password as plaintext Java…
Medium5.9EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
It has been reported that KIE server and Busitess Central before version 7.21.0.Final contain username and password as plaintext Java properties. Any app deployed on the same server would have access to these properties, thus granting access to ther services.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| 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)
- 1.5% · top 25% 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: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected affects < 7.21.0.Final
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.kie.server:kie-server-commonGHSA-pjw3-c74j-m9fj (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7043 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/kiegroup/droolsjbpm-integration/pull/1273 (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-pjw3-c74j-m9fj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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