CVE-2016-7980

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7980
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-18 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

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 Spip Spip All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Révision 23202 - Report de r23200 : - ?exec=valider_xml n'est executable que par les webmestre... - SPIP - SPIP Core (Forge de développement) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 core.spip.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
SPIP Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE-2016-7980: SPIP 3.1.2 Exec Code Cross-Site Request Forgery af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: SPIP vulnerabilities: request for 5 CVE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - SPIP vulnerabilities: request for 5 CVE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
SPIP 3.1.2 Exec Code Cross-Site Request Forgery (CVE-2016-7980) - Sysdream af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sysdream.com
Révision 23201 - Report de r23200 : - ?exec=valider_xml n'est executable que par les webmestre... - SPIP - SPIP Core (Forge de développement) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 core.spip.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Révision 23203 - Report de r23093 : Prise en compte complete des entetes HTTP_X_FORWARDED_(FOR... - SPIP - SPIP Core (Forge de développement) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 core.spip.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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