What is CVE-2016-8737?

CVE-2016-8737 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Brooklyn, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-8737?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Apache Brooklyn

CVE-2016-8737

In Apache Brooklyn before 0.10.0, the REST server is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF), which could permit a malicious web site to produce a link which, if clicked whilst a user is logged in to Brooklyn, would cause the server to execute the attacker's commands as the user. There is known to be a proof-of-concept exploit using this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Brooklyn
Apache Software Foundation Brooklyn — versions 0.9.0 and all prior versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

brooklyn.apache.org/community/security/CVE-2016-8737.html (Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96228 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/877813aaaa0e636adbc36106b89a54e0e6918f0884e9c8b67d… (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8737?: CVE-2016-8737 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Brooklyn, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-8737?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.