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Mailman Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6893)

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-6893

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CWE-352 CVE-2016-6893

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