CVE-2016-6521 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00286.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gopivotal:grails::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gopivotal:grails:2.0.6:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Gopivotal Subscribe	Grails Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7442	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92267
https://github.com/sheehan/grails-console/issues/54
https://github.com/sheehan/grails-console/issues/55

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.320Z

Reserved: 2016-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6521

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.080

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6521

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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