CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9646

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 13, 2018 | Modified: May 18, 2018
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

ikiwiki before 3.20161229 incorrectly called the CGI::FormBuilder->field method (similar to the CGI->param API that led to Bugzillas CVE-2014-1572), which can be abused to lead to commit metadata forgery.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ikiwiki Ikiwiki * 3.20161229 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References