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Apache Jackrabbit Authentication Hijacking Vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 7, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-webdav (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.6
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.6
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.3
>= 2.10.0, < 2.10.4
>= 2.12.0, < 2.12.4
>= 2.13.0, < 2.13.3

Patched versions

2.4.6
2.6.6
2.8.3
2.10.4
2.12.4
2.13.3

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CSRF content-type check in Jackrabbit-Webdav in Apache Jackrabbit 2.4.x before 2.4.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.6, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, 2.10.x before 2.10.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.4, and 2.13.x before 2.13.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that create a resource via an HTTP POST request with a (1) missing or (2) crafted Content-Type header.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 21, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 31, 2023
Last updated Nov 7, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-6801

GHSA ID

GHSA-9fc7-rhq3-wm7x

Source code

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