CVE-2016-0793

Published: Apr 1, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-200

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka redhat, red hat

jboss wildfly application serverOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

WildFlyOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.wildfly:wildfly-parent

OSS Libraries

org.wildfly:wildfly-undertow

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

4 exploit sources identified

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References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136323/Wildfly-Filter-Restriction-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html

packetstormsecurity.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305937

bugzilla.redhat.com

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180215-0001/

security.netapp.com

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