CVE-2016-6806
Apache Wicket vulnerable to CSRF attacks
CVE-2016-6806 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Apache Wicket, published October 2, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.wicket:wicket-core 6.25.0.
- Severity
- 8.8 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 0.82%EPSS, 57th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
6.25.0org.apache.wicket:wicket-core +4 more
Description
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover some cross origin requests. The mitigation is to not only check the Origin HTTP header, but also take the Referer HTTP header into account when no Origin was provided. Furthermore, not all Wicket server side targets were subjected to the CSRF check. This was also fixed.
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
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.wicket:wicket-coreMaven | 6.20.0 up to 6.25.0 | 6.25.0 |
org.apache.wicket:wicket-coreMaven | 7.0.0 up to 7.5.0 | 7.5.0 |
org.apache.wicket:wicket-coreMaven | 8.0.0-M1 up to 8.0.0-M2 | 8.0.0-M2 |
org.apache.wicket:wicket-coreMaven | 6.20.0 up to 6.25.0, plus listed versions 6.21.06.22.06.23.06.24.0 | 6.25.0 |
org.apache.wicket:wicket-coreMaven | 7.0.0 up to 7.5.0, plus listed versions 7.1.07.2.07.3.07.4.0 | 7.5.0 |
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover some cross origin requests. The mitigation is to not only check the Origin HTTP header, but also take the Referer HTTP header into account when no Origin was provided. Furthermore, not all Wicket server side targets were subjected to the CSRF check. This was also fixed.
- Record
CVE-2016-6806- 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 ListNo score
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover some cross origin requests. The mitigation is to not only check the Origin HTTP header, but also take the Referer HTTP header into account when no Origin was provided. Furthermore, not all Wicket server side targets were subjected to the CSRF check. This was also fixed.
- Record
CVE-2016-6806- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7700No score
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover some cross origin requests. The mitigation is to not only check the Origin HTTP header, but also take the Referer HTTP header into account when no Origin was provided. Furthermore, not all Wicket server side targets were subjected to the CSRF check. This was also fixed.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7700- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xc66-mg8r-q6r5
Apache Wicket vulnerable to CSRF attacks
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover some cross origin requests. The mitigation is to not only check the Origin HTTP header, but also take the Referer HTTP header into account when no Origin was provided. Furthermore, not all Wicket server side targets were subjected to the CSRF check. This was also fixed.
- Record
GHSA-xc66-mg8r-q6r5- 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
OSV
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover some cross origin requests. The mitigation is to not only check the Origin HTTP header, but also take the Referer HTTP header into account when no Origin was provided. Furthermore, not all Wicket server side targets were subjected to the CSRF check. This was also fixed.
- Record
CVE-2016-6806- 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
OSVGHSA-xc66-mg8r-q6r5
Apache Wicket vulnerable to CSRF attacks
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover some cross origin requests. The mitigation is to not only check the Origin HTTP header, but also take the Referer HTTP header into account when no Origin was provided. Furthermore, not all Wicket server side targets were subjected to the CSRF check. This was also fixed.
- Record
GHSA-xc66-mg8r-q6r5- 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
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
lists.apache.org/thread.html/074b72585f4b7c6adda1af52aecbfe1be23c6d6f5bb9382270f059cd%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6806
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc66-mg8r-q6r5