🛡️ CVE-2016-0793 — wildfly-parent

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-200 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

WildFly has incomplete blacklist vulnerability

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2016-0793 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

CVE-2016-0793 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • org.wildfly:wildfly-parent (fixed in 10.0.0.Final)
  • org.wildfly:wildfly-undertow (fixed in 10.0.0.Final)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 14 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
security.netapp.com (Web)
support.hpe.com (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
packetstormsecurity.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-200
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-04-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.wildfly:wildfly-parent — 10.0.0.Final
org.wildfly:wildfly-undertow — 10.0.0.Final

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