CVE-2016-6893 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-6893

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the user options page...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mailman
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.8, 2.1.9, 2.1.10, 2.1.10b1, 2.1.10b3, 2.1.10b4, 2.1.11, 2.1.12, 2.1.13, 2.1.14, 2.1.14-1, 2.1.15, 2.1.16, 2.1.17, 2.1.18, 2.1.18-1, 2.1.19, 2.1.20, 2.1.21, 2.1.22, 2.1.23

Timeline

Official Publish: September 2nd, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.