{"id":"CVE-2016-2171","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2171","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:35:27.614Z","title":"The User Manager service in Apache Jetspeed before 2.3.1 does not properly restrict access using Jetspeed Security, which allows remote attackers to (1) add, (2) edit, or (3) delete users via the REST API.","description":"The User Manager service in Apache Jetspeed before 2.3.1 does not properly restrict access using Jetspeed Security, which allows remote attackers to (1) add, (2) edit, or (3) delete users via the REST API.","published":"2016-04-11T14:59:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["apache/jetspeed"],"epss":{"score":0.42673,"percentile":0.98717,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.41342,"percentile":0.98651},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.42673,"percentile":0.9865}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://haxx.ml/post/140552592371/remote-code-execution-in-apache-jetspeed-230-and","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/portals-jetspeed-user/201603.mbox/%3CB9165E38-F3D8-496D-8642-8A53FCAC736A%40gmail.com%3E","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://portals.apache.org/jetspeed-2/security-reports.html#CVE-2016-2171","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://haxx.ml/post/140552592371/remote-code-execution-in-apache-jetspeed-230-and","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/portals-jetspeed-user/201603.mbox/%3CB9165E38-F3D8-496D-8642-8A53FCAC736A%40gmail.com%3E","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portals.apache.org/jetspeed-2/security-reports.html#CVE-2016-2171","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2171","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}