CVE-2016-6521

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6521
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-23 21:59:02 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Grails console (aka Grails Debug Console and Grails Web Console) 2.0.7, 1.5.10, and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that execute arbitrary Groovy code via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gopivotal Grails 2.0.6 All All All
Application Gopivotal Grails All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CSRF vulnerability, again · Issue #55 · sheehan/grails-console · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: CSRF in Grails console af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: CSRF in Grails console af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Grails Console is still vulnerable to CSRF CVE-2016-6521 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
CSRF prevention · Issue #54 · sheehan/grails-console · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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