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CVE-2016-7123

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7123 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the admin web interface of GNU Mailman versions prior to 2.1.15. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators, potentially leading to unauthorized actions. The vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 8.8), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
<= 2.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mailman
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mailman

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7123Moderate

mailman: Missing CSRF protection in admin web interface

Aug 23, 2016

References

bugs.launchpad.net / bugs/1614841
Issue Tracking
securityfocus.com / bid/92732
securitytracker.com / id/1037160