High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-2171

Description

The User Manager service in Apache Jetspeed before 2.3.1 does not properly restrict access using Jetspeed Security, which allows remote attackers to (1) add, (2) edit, or (3) delete users via the REST API.

Affected products

Apache/Jetspeed
cpe:2.3:a:apache:jetspeed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.3.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

portals.apache.org/jetspeed-2/security-reports.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/portals-jetspeed-user/201603.mbox/%3CB9165E38-F3D8-496D-8642-8A53FCAC736A%40gmail.com%3EnvdVendor Advisory
haxx.ml/post/140552592371/remote-code-execution-in-apache-jetspeed-230-andnvd

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