CVE-2016-4314

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-02-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the LogViewer Admin Service in WSO2 Carbon 4.4.5 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the logFile parameter to downloadgz-ajaxprocessor.jsp.

Affected products

WSO2 Carbon: 4.4.5

References

http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-LOCAL-FILE-INCLUSION.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138330/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Local-File-Inclusion.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539200/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473
https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0098
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40240/
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/WSO2-CARBON-v4.4.5-LOCAL-FILE-INCLUSION.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138330/WSO2-Carbon-4.4.5-Local-File-Inclusion.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539200/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92473
https://docs.wso2.com/display/Security/Security+Advisory+WSO2-2016-0098
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40240/

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