CVE-2016-0956
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.5
Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Sling Servlets Post
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Apache Sling Framework (Adobe AEM) 2.3.6 - Information Disclosure
Source code queued for fetch โ refresh in a moment.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | not-affected | | |
| linux-kernel | not-affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post | <2.3.8 | 2.3.8 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | sling | | |
| adobe | experience_manager | 5.6.1 | |
| adobe | experience_manager | 6.0.0 | |
| adobe | experience_manager | 6.1.0 | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135720/Apache-Sling-Framework-2.3.6-Information-Disclosure.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/48
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537498/100/0/threaded
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb16-05.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39435/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0956
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39435
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.