CVE-2016-6521

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Grails console (aka Grails Debug Console and...

8.8 High

Cross-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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.82%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Record: CVE-2016-6521
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-6521
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-7442 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-7442
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gw3r-3j9r-9c6f 8.8

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Grails console (aka Grails Debug Console and...

Record: GHSA-gw3r-3j9r-9c6f
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

gopivotal grails

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-6521 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Gopivotal Grails, published January 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.