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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-0956

The Servlets Post component 2.3.6 in Apache Sling, as used in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 51.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 51.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Servlets Post component 2.3.6 in Apache Sling, as used in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
51.15% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 February 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
apache/sling · adobe/experience manager
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%28%55%21 September 2026: 43.67%22 September 2026: 51.15%4 November 2026: 51.15%21 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 43.7% on 21 September 2026 to 51.2% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-39435source ↗Apache Sling Framework (Adobe AEM) 2.3.6 - Information Disclosuremultiple · Vulnerability-Labwebapps10 February 2016yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.