CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-6801

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CSRF content-type check in Jackrabbit-Webdav in Apache Jackrabbit 2.4.x before 2.4.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, 2.10.x before 2.10.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.4, and 2.13.x before 2.13.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that create a resource via an HTTP POST request with a (1) missing or (2) crafted Content-Type header.

How to fix

Remediation Available
jackrabbitDebian
Fixed in:2.12.4-1CVE-2016-6801
Fixed in:2.12.4-1CVE-2016-6801
Fixed in:2.12.4-1CVE-2016-6801
Fixed in:2.12.4-1CVE-2016-6801

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days
81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2016-6277High8.8100%KEV-
CVE-2014-0054Medium6.891%-Fix
CVE-2013-6429Medium6.890%-Fix
CVE-2022-41622High8.888%--
CVE-2018-7700High8.875%--
CVE-2015-2295Medium6.866%--
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