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.
Published: 2016-09-02
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-608-1 mailman security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3668-1 mailman security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7778 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3118-1 Mailman vulnerabilities
History

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Gnu Mailman
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.450Z

Reserved: 2016-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6893

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-02T14:59:09.283

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6893

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6893 - Bugzilla

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