FKIE_CVE-2016-9646

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-04-13 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.orghttps://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9646Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148304341511854&w=2Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9646Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3760Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9646Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148304341511854&w=2Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9646Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3760Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ikiwiki ikiwiki *
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
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      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "ikiwiki",
          "vendor": "ikiwiki",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "before 3.20161229"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@debian.org"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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              "versionEndExcluding": "3.20161229",
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            }
          ],
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:56:24.280",
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}



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