What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-5004?

CVE-2016-5004 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.1%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2016-5004?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2016-5004. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 1.1%.

Ws Xmlrpc CVE-2016-5004

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2017-06-06 secalert@redhat.com

Denial Of Service Apache Ws Xmlrpc

6.5

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jun 06, 2017 - 18:29 cve.org

MEDIUM 6.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

305 maven packages depend on org.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpc-common (32 direct, 274 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 3.1.3.

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

The Content-Encoding HTTP header feature in ws-xmlrpc 3.1.3 as used in Apache Archiva allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by decompressing a large file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. The Content-Encoding HTTP header feature in ws-xmlrpc 3.1.3 as used in Apache Archiva allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by decompressing a large file containing zeroes. Affected products include: Apache Ws-Xmlrpc.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.