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Vulnerability details: VCID-f9wh-4sms-r3cy
Vulnerability ID VCID-f9wh-4sms-r3cy
Aliases CVE-2016-3098
GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx
Summary administrate vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrate 0.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the user's OAuth autorization code.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00116 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3098
cvssv3 5.4 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/administrate/CVE-2016-3098.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/administrate/CVE-2016-3098.yml
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3098
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3098
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0
generic_textual MODERATE https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3098
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/administrate/CVE-2016-3098.yml
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#015-april-1-2016
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/commit/be738a54b866191bf49664d8c6116587fb971759
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3098
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0
GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/administrate/CVE-2016-3098.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3098
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

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high

low

none

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.30014
EPSS Score 0.00116
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T09:29:16.145844+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/08/GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx/GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx.json 38.6.0