CVE-2016-7123
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before...
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.
- Record
CVE-2016-7123- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.
- Record
CVE-2016-7123- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8001 No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8001- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8p5c-w6j3-96pw
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before...
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.
- Record
GHSA-8p5c-w6j3-96pw- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS: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
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7123
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7123- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3118-1 No score
mailman vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Mailman administrative web interface did not protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could perform administrative actions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7123)
Nishant Agarwala discovered that the Mailman user options page did not protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If an authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into Mailman, a remote attacker could modify user options. (CVE-2016-6893)
- Record
USN-3118-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mailmanUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions 1:2.1.16~rc2-11:2.1.16-11:2.1.16-21:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1 |
1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 |
mailmanUbuntu:16.04:LTS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 1:2.1.20-1 |
1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-7123 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Gnu Mailman, published September 2, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.