CVE-2016-6801

8.8 HIGH
Published: September 21, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on 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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3679
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/6
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92966
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-4009
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3679
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92966
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-4009
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.3%
81th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

apache debian