CVE-2016-6793

CRITICAL

Apache Wicket < 1.5.17 - Insecure Deserialization

Title source: rule

Description

The DiskFileItem class in Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0 and 1.5.x before 1.5.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) and write to, move, and delete files with the permissions of DiskFileItem, and if running on a Java VM before 1.3.1, execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object.

References (6)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/31/1

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539975/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95168

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037541

[Vendor Advisory] https://wicket.apache.org/news/2016/12/31/cve-2016-6793.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-23

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1

EPSS 0.0485

EPSS Percentile 89.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-502

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

apache/wicket < 1.5.17

Timeline

Published Jul 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026