CVE-2016-4999

SQL injection vulnerability in the getStringParameterSQL method in main/java/org/dashbuilder...

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

SQL injection vulnerability in the getStringParameterSQL method in main/java/org/dashbuilder/dataprovider/sql/dialect/DefaultDialect.java in Dashbuilder before 0.6.0.Beta1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a data set lookup filter in the (1) Data Set Authoring or (2) Displayer editor UI.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

3.65%Down 8.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2016-4999
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-4999
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-5964 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-5964
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-44p5-rm8g-w75h 9.8

SQL injection vulnerability in the getStringParameterSQL method in main/java/org/dashbuilder...

Record: GHSA-44p5-rm8g-w75h
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 9.8

Record: CVE-2016-4999
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	shanika04/dashbuilder	2021-01-06

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-4999 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Redhat Dashbuilder, published August 5, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.65%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.