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CVE-2016-0956

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in2.3.8
WeaknessInformation exposure (CWE-200)
Published10 Feb 2016
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

The Servlets Post component 2.3.6 in Apache Sling, as used in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

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 2016-02-10.
  • EPSS 51% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Apache Sling Framework (Adobe AEM) 2.3.6 - Information Disclosure 2016-02-10

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 The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

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 7.8 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post 0 2.3.8 unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 5 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd adobe experience manager generic 5.6.1 · 6.0.0 · 6.1.0
nvd apache sling generic any version
osv org.apache.sling org.apache.sling.servlets.post generic < 2.3.8

References

URLTags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb16-05.html WEB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39435 WEB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135720/Apache-Sling-Framework-2.3.6-Information-Disclosure.html WEB
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/48 WEB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537498/100/0/threaded WEB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39435/

Timeline

Published2016-02-10By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.