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CVE-2016-15005

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-15005 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the golf_project golf application, where CSRF tokens are generated using a cryptographically weak random number generator. This flaw allows an attacker to predict token values, enabling them to bypass CSRF protections with minimal effort. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golf_project:golf:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/dinever/golfFixed in: 0.3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-q9qr-jwpw-3qvvhigh

Golf may allow attacker to bypass CSRF protections due to weak PRNG

Dec 28, 2022

References

github.com / dinever/golf/commit/3776f338be48b5bc5e8cf9faff7851fc52a3f1fe
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / dinever/golf/issues/20
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / dinever/golf/pull/24
PatchThird Party Advisory
pkg.go.dev / vuln/GO-2020-0045
Third Party Advisory