Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in SPIP by SPIP Team
CVE-2016-7980

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Spip

Status
Spip
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 January 2017

What is CVE-2016-7980?

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the XML validator functionality of SPIP versions 3.1.2 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to forge requests that could hijack the authentication of administrator users, enabling them to execute the XML validator on local files via specially crafted requests. Notably, this vulnerability can potentially be combined with another identified issue to execute arbitrary PHP code, increasing the risk to affected systems.

References

https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-2-exec-...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/6
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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