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CVE-2016-4314: WSO2 Carbon directory traversal vulnerability

May 14, 2022 (updated April 22, 2025)

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LogViewer Admin Service in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the logFile parameter to downloadgz-ajaxprocessor.jsp.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjww-vqqw-v78q
  • github.com/wso2/carbon-commons
  • github.com/wso2/docs-security/blob/main/en/docs/security-announcements/security-advisories/2016/WSO2-2016-0098.md
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4314
  • web.archive.org/web/20201207110545/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539200/100/0/threaded
  • www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40240

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 4.4.5

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 4.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

maven/org.wso2.carbon.commons/org.wso2.carbon.logging.view.ui/CVE-2016-4314.yml

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