CVE-2016-7980 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Attackers can hijack admin sessions via CSRF to execute XML validation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution when combined with another vulnerability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7980?
CVE-2016-7980 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spip Spip, published on 18 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7980?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Spip Spip.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7980?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-7980 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-7980 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Spip Spip
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7980, GHSA-7w5f-5r8v-pff6, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7980.