CVE-2016-5002

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library 3.1.3, as used in Apache Archiva, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted DTD.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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