CVE-2016-6806

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Wicket
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/074b72585f4b7c6adda1af52aecbfe1be23c6d6f5bb9382270f059cd%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6806?
CVE-2016-6806 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-6806?
To fix CVE-2016-6806, 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-2016-6806 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-6806 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.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2016-6806?
CVE-2016-6806 affects Apache Software Foundation Apache Wicket.
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