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CVE-2016-6893: gnu mailman Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2016-0343SUSE-SU-2018:1638-1SUSE-SU-2019:14068-1
Published 02-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6893 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in gnu mailman. EPSS estimates a 1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10215-1RHSA-2021:4913SUSE-SU-2018:4296-1SUSE-SU-2019:13924-1USN-3118-1

Timeline

  1. 02-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.61% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.61%

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

Suse4 products
  • mailman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3< 2.1.15-9.6.12.1
  • mailman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 2.1.15-9.6.3.1
  • mailman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS< 2.1.15-9.6.12.1
  • mailman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 2.1.15-9.6.3.1
Debian1 product
  • mailman< 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u1 | < 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u2
Gnu1 product
  • mailman2.1 | 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 | 2.1.10:rc1 | 2.1.10b1 | 2.1.10b3 | 2.1.10b4 | 2.1.11 | 2.1.11:rc1 | 2.1.11:rc2 | 2.1.12 | 2.1.12:rc1 | 2.1.12:rc2 | 2.1.13 | 2.1.13:rc1 | 2.1.14 | 2.1.14:rc1 | 2.1.14-1 | 2.1.15 | 2.1.15:rc1 | 2.1.16 | 2.1.16:rc1 | 2.1.16:rc2 | 2.1.16:rc3 | 2.1.17 | 2.1.18 | 2.1.18:rc1 | 2.1.18:rc2 | 2.1.18:rc3 | 2.1.18-1 | 2.1.19 | 2.1.19:rc1 | 2.1.19:rc2 | 2.1.19:rc3 | 2.1.20 | 2.1.21 | 2.1.21:rc2 | 2.1.22 | 2.1.23
Mageia1 product
  • mailman< 2.1.20-3.mga5
Ubuntu1 product
  • mailman< 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 | < 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1

5 vendors · 8 products

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