Public proof of concept

CVE-2016-0793

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2016-04-01
WeaknessCWE-200

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2016-04-0119:59CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

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CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-0793?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Redhat jboss wildfly application serverversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.0	= 10.0.0	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

bugzilla.redhat.comVendor Advisory

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: 1 repository, unverifiedtafamace/CVE-2016-0793

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.07.5read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-200read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score15.0 %read 2026-10-23
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published: 2016-04-01
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0793?

Is CVE-2016-0793 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2016-0793 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 15.0% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-0793?

CVE-2016-0793 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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