High severity · published Sep 2, 2016
CVE-2016-6893
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users…
8.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page in GNU Mailman 2.1.x before 2.1.23 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that modify an option, as demonstrated by gaining access to the credentials of a victim's account.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mailman · Gnu
2.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; 2.1.5; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6893
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6893
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841
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