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CVE-2016-0793 JBoss WildFly Application Server

Affected softwareJBoss WildFly Application Server
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in10.0.0.Final
WeaknessInformation exposure (CWE-200)
Published1 Apr 2016
Updated17 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2016-03-20.
  • EPSS 15% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Wildfly - 'WEB-INF' / 'META-INF' Information Disclosure via Filter Restriction Bypass 2016-03-20

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug
Finding A Red Hat Bugzilla ticket (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305937) tracks the fix. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: whether one can be derived depends on reading the upstream change the ticket links.
Candidate fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305937 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.wildfly:wildfly-parent 0 10.0.0.Final unbounded
org.wildfly:wildfly-undertow 0 10.0.0.Final unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv org.wildfly wildfly-parent generic < 10.0.0
osv org.wildfly wildfly-undertow generic < 10.0.0
nvd redhat jboss wildfly application server generic 10.0.0

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305937 bugzilla
https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly PACKAGE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180215-0001 WEB
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03784en_us WEB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39573 WEB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136323/Wildfly-Filter-Restriction-Bypass-Information-Disclosure.html WEB
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180215-0001/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39573/

Timeline

Published2016-04-01By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.