High severity · published Sep 2, 2016
CVE-2016-7123
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators
8.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.
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)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Mailman · Gnu
through 2.1.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7123
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7123
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92732
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037160
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841
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