CVE-2016-10726
High severity vulnerability that affects org.dspace:dspace-xmlui
The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.
- Record
CVE-2016-10726- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.
- Record
CVE-2016-10726- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0501 No score
The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0501- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4m9r-5gqp-7j82
High severity vulnerability that affects org.dspace:dspace-xmlui
The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.
- Record
GHSA-4m9r-5gqp-7j82- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.
- Record
CVE-2016-10726- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-4m9r-5gqp-7j82
High severity vulnerability that affects org.dspace:dspace-xmlui
The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.
- Record
GHSA-4m9r-5gqp-7j82- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.dspace:dspace-xmluiMaven |
4.0 up to 4.5 | 4.5 |
org.dspace:dspace-xmluiMaven |
5.0 up to 5.5 | 5.5 |
org.dspace:dspace-xmluiMaven |
before 3.6 | 3.6 |
org.dspace:dspace-xmluiMaven |
4.0 up to 4.5, plus listed versions 4.14.24.34.4 |
4.5 |
org.dspace:dspace-xmluiMaven |
5.0 up to 5.5, plus listed versions 5.15.25.35.4 |
5.5 |
org.dspace:dspace-xmluiMaven |
before 3.6, plus listed versions 1.5-alpha1.5.01.5.0-beta11.5.0-beta21.5.0-rc1 Show 32 moreShow less1.5.11.5.1-beta1.5.21.5.2-rc11.5.2-rc21.6.01.6.0-rc11.6.0-rc21.6.11.6.21.7.01.7.0-rc11.7.0-rc21.7.11.7.21.7.31.8.01.8.0-rc11.8.0-rc21.8.0-rc31.8.11.8.21.8.33.03.0-rc13.0-rc23.0-rc33.13.23.33.43.5 |
3.6 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | shoucheng3/DSpace__DSpace_CVE-2016-10726_4-4 | 2025-08-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| 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-2016-10726 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Duraspace Dspace, published July 10, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.89%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in org.dspace:dspace-xmlui 4.5.