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Vulnerability details: VCID-rbwg-j7hh-9yan
Vulnerability ID VCID-rbwg-j7hh-9yan
Aliases CVE-2016-3098
GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx
Summary Cross-site request forgery `Administrate::ApplicationController` actions don't have CSRF protection. Remote attackers can hijack user's sessions and use any functionality that administrate exposes on their behalf.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
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
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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/thoughtbot/administrate
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#015-april-1-2016
https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate/commit/be738a54b866191bf49664d8c6116587fb971759
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0
CVE-2016-3098 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3098
CVE-2016-3098.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/administrate/CVE-2016-3098.yml
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

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.30026
EPSS Score 0.00116
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:52:23.384451+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/administrate/CVE-2016-3098.yml 38.6.0