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CVE-2016-15026

5.3 · MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist 1.17 and classified as problematic.

Published Feb 20, 2023CWE-611EPSS 0.55%

Overview

CVE-2016-15026 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 20, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

A vulnerability was found in 3breadt dd-plist 1.17 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. An attack has to be approached locally. Upgrading to version 1.18 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74c. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221486 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74cGitHubgithub.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26GitHubgithub.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.221486Refvuldb.com/?id.221486GitHubgithub.com/3breadt/dd-plist/commit/8c954e8d9f6f6863729e50105a8abf3f87fff74cGitHubgithub.com/3breadt/dd-plist/pull/26GitHubgithub.com/3breadt/dd-plist/releases/tag/dd-plist-1.18Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.221486Refvuldb.com/?id.221486

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-15026?

CVE-2016-15026 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 20, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2016-15026?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2016-15026?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2016-15026?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2016-15026 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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