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CVE-2015-3158

Status: ModifiedMedium (4)—
Severity4Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.91 %higher than 80% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The invokeNextValve function in identity/federation/bindings/tomcat/idp/AbstractIDPValve.java in PicketLink before 2.8.0.Beta1 does not properly check role based authorization, which allows remote authenticated users to gain access to restricted application resources via a (1) direct request or (2) request through an SP initiated flow.

CVSS

Base score
4
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.91 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
80
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Picketlink — Picketlink

CWEs

References

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