7.5

CVE-2016-10026: ikiwiki Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10026DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10026
Published 13-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10026 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in ikiwiki. EPSS estimates a 2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.13%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 13-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ikiwiki 3.20161219 does not properly check if a revision changes the access permissions for a page on sites with the git and recentchanges plugins and the CGI interface enabled, which allows remote attackers to revert certain changes by leveraging permissions to change the page before the revision was made.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 2.14% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ikiwiki< 3.20161219
Ikiwiki1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ikiwikiAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links