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CVE-2016-6517

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified...

9.8 Critical

CVE-2016-6517 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Liferay, published January 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.40%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.8 CriticalCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.40%EPSS, 84th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

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

2.40%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.8

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

Record
CVE-2016-6517
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/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-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

Record
CVE-2016-6517
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7439No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

Record
EUVD-2016-7439
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3jfc-fh8w-4r9g9.8

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified...

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

Record
GHSA-3jfc-fh8w-4r9g
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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References

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