CVE-2016-7980 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting SPIP versions 3.1.2 and earlier, specifically in the ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php component. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack administrator authentication to execute the XML validator on local files. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it can be combined with CVE-2016-7998 for arbitrary PHP code execution, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:spip:spip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.