What is CVE-2016-7123?

CVE-2016-7123 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Mailman, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-7123?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in GNU Mailman

CVE-2016-7123

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the admin web interface in GNU Mailman before 2.1.15 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2016-09-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Mailman

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1037160 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92732 (vdb-entry)
bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614841 (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7123?: CVE-2016-7123 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Mailman, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-7123?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.