CVE-2016-4469
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Apache Archiva 1.3.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add new repository proxy connectors via the token parameter to…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.9%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Apache Archiva 1.3.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) add new repository proxy connectors via the token parameter to admin/addProxyConnector_commit.action, (2) new repositories via the token parameter to admin/addRepository_commit.action, (3) edit existing repositories via the token parameter to admin/editRepository_commit.action, (4) add legacy artifact paths via the token parameter to admin/addLegacyArtifactPath_commit.action, (5) change the organizational appearance via the token parameter to admin/saveAppearance.action, or (6) upload new artifacts via the token parameter to upload_submit.action.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.86% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 13 July 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- apache/archiva
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 9.8% on 21 September 2026 to 7.9% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137869/Apache-Archiva-1.3.9-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/37
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538877/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91703
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036475
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40109/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137869/Apache-Archiva-1.3.9-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/37
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538877/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91703
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036475
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40109/
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