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CVE-2016-6893

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Publication date:
02/09/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.10b4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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