CVE-2016-7123 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00223.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Mailman

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-8001	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3118-1	Mailman vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92732
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037160
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7123
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7123

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00195}`	epss `{'score': 0.00223}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00122}`	epss `{'score': 0.00195}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-02T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.450Z

Reserved: 2016-09-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7123

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-02T14:59:10.427

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

Link: CVE-2016-7123

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7123 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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