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CVE-2016-0720

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0720 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the pcsd web UI, affecting pcs versions prior to 0.9.149, including various Red Hat and Fedora Enterprise Linux distributions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk where an unauthenticated attacker could exploit it with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.148CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clusterlabs:pcs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: pcs-0:0.9.152-10.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: pcs

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0720Moderate

pcs: Cross-Site Request Forgery in web UI

Feb 16, 2016

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178261.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178384.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2596.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / ClusterLabs/pcs/commit/b9e7f061788c3b86a0c67d2d4158f067ec5eb625
Issue TrackingPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/97984
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry