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CVE-2016-6517

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

Affected products

• Liferay: 5.1.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/01/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92215
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/01/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92215

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