High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-7980
CVE-2016-7980
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute the XML validator on a local file via a crafted valider_xml request. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-7998 to execute arbitrary PHP code.
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References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23201nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23202nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23203nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451nvd
- sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-2-exec-code-cross-site-request-forgery-cve-2016-7980/nvd
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