What is CVE-2016-3098?

CVE-2016-3098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thoughtbot Administrate, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-3098?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-3098 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Thoughtbot Administrate

CVE-2016-3098

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrate 0.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the user's OAuth autorization code.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2022-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Thoughtbot Administrate
Administrate — versions 0.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3098?: CVE-2016-3098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thoughtbot Administrate, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-3098?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-3098 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.