CVE-2016-7980
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute the XML validator on a local file via a crafted…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute the XML validator on a local file via a crafted valider_xml request. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-7998 to execute arbitrary PHP code.
- 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
- 4.12% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 October 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- spip/spip
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23201Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23202Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23203Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-2-exec-code-cross-site-request-forgery-cve-2016-7980/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23201Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23202Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23203Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-2-exec-code-cross-site-request-forgery-cve-2016-7980/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.