{"id":"CVE-2016-6893","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6893","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:09.436Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-09-02T14:59:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["gnu/mailman"],"epss":{"score":0.01613,"percentile":0.75851,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6893","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}