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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-4316 · published 17 February 2017

CVE-2016-4316: Wso2 carbon cross-site scripting vulnerability

Wso2 · Carbon

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) setName parameter to identity-mgt/challenges-mgt.jsp; the (2) webappType or (3) httpPort parameter to webapp-list/webapp_info.jsp; the (4) dsName or (5) description parameter to ndatasource/newdatasource.jsp; the (6) phase parameter to viewflows/handlers.jsp; or the (7) url parameter to ndatasource/validateconnection-ajaxprocessor.jsp.

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 4.0% · top 9.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
4.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 6 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) setName parameter to identity-mgt/challenges-mgt.jsp; the (2) webappType or (3) httpPort parameter to webapp-list/webapp_info.jsp; the (4) dsName or (5) description parameter to ndatasource/newdatasource.jsp; the (6) phase parameter to viewflows/handlers.jsp; or the (7) url parameter to ndatasource/validateconnection-ajaxprocessor.jsp.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-PERSISTENT-XSS-COOKIE-THEFT.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138331/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539201/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40241/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-PERSISTENT-XSS-COOKIE-THEFT.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138331/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539201/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40241/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-4316), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.