{"id":"CVE-2016-8526","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8526","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:41:16.912Z","title":"Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to an XML external entities (XXE).","description":"Aruba Airwave all versions up to, but not including, 8.2.3.1 is vulnerable to an XML external entities (XXE). XXEs are a way to permit XML parsers to access storage that exist on external systems. If an unprivileged user is permitted to control the contents of XML files, XXE can be used as an attack vector. Because the XML parser has access to the local filesystem and runs with the permissions of the web server, it can access any file that is readable by the web server and copy it to an external system of the attacker's choosing. This could include files that contain passwords, which could then lead to privilege escalation.","published":"2018-08-06T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@hpe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["hp/airwave"],"epss":{"score":0.10133,"percentile":0.95624,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.08268,"percentile":0.9475},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.09815,"percentile":0.95332}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2017-03-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":41482,"kind":"exploit","title":"Aruba AirWave 8.2.3 - XML External Entity Injection / Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41482","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/xml/webapps/41482.txt","file":"exploits/xml/webapps/41482.txt","published":"2017-03-01","added":"2017-03-01","updated":"2017-03-01","author":"SEC Consult","type":"webapps","platform":"xml","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-8527","CVE-2016-8526","ARUBA-PSA-2017-001"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170301-0_Aruba_AirWave_XXE_XSS_vulnerabilities_v10.txt"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10133,"from":0.09815,"percentile":0.95556},"summary":"EPSS moved from 9.8% to 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-001.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-alert@hpe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96495","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security-alert@hpe.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41482/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security-alert@hpe.com"},{"url":"http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-001.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96495","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41482/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8526","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."}