CVE-2016-6801

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

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.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Jackrabbit: 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5 (+20)
Debian Linux: 8.0

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3679
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92966
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-4009
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3679
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92966
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-4009

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