CVE-2016-6893

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    CVE-2016-6893

    Published: 2 Sept 2016Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92731, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036728, , http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3668, https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High