CVE-2016-6801

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.31%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/6 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3679 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-4009 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92966 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6801?
CVE-2016-6801 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-6801?
To fix CVE-2016-6801, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-6801 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-6801 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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