Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2016-4468

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2017-04-11
WeaknessCWE-89

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 238; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.4, 3.x before 3.3.0.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.1; UAA BOSH before 11.2 and 12.x before 12.2; Elastic Runtime before 1.6.29 and 1.7.x before 1.7.7; and Ops Manager 1.7.x before 1.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2017-04-1115:59CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

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

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-4468?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-4468?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.6	= 1.6.0	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.1	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.2	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.3	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.4	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.5	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.6	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.7	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.8	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.9	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.10	no fix published	NVD
1.6	= 1.6.11	no fix published	NVD

Pivotal software cloud foundry ops manager

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.7	= 1.7.0	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.1	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.2	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.3	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.4	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.5	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.6	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.7	no fix published	NVD
1.7	= 1.7.8	no fix published	NVD

Cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa bosh

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
12.0	≤ 12.0	no fix published	NVD

2 more products in the sources.

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

Fix

Advisories and patches

pivotal.ioMitigation · Patch · Vendor Advisory

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: 1 repository, unverifiedshanika04/cloudfoundry_uaa

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.08.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.06.5read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-89read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.1 %2026-10-22
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2017-04-11
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4468?

Is CVE-2016-4468 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2016-4468 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.1% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-4468?

CVE-2016-4468 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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