CVE-2016-4311

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the XACML flow feature in WSO2 Identity Server 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of privileged users for requests that process XACML requests via an entitlement/eval-policy-submit.jsp request.

• CWE-352

• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0096Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-IDENTITY-SERVER-v5.1.0-XML-External-Entity.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138329/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.1.0-XML-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539199/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92485Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40239/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 17, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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