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CVE-2016-9646
Commit metadata forgery via CGI::FormBuilder context-dependent APIs
Medium5.3EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- debian
Description
ikiwiki before 3.20161229 incorrectly called the CGI::FormBuilder->field method (similar to the CGI->param API that led to Bugzilla's CVE-2014-1572), which can be abused to lead to commit metadata forgery.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- commit metadata forgery
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
ikiwiki · ikiwiki
- affected before 3.20161229
References (4)
- DSA-3760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9646 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9646 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161229 ikiwiki: CVE-2016-9645 (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10026), CVE-2016-9646 (commit metadata forgery) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .