CVE-2016-6893
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-09-02 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:43
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841Issue Tracking
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