CVE-2016-6521

high
Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Grails console (aka Grails Debug Console and Grails Web Console) 2.0.7, 1.5.10, and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that execute arbitrary Groovy code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/sheehan/grails-console/issues/55

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/sheehan/grails-console/issues/54

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/11

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gopivotalgrails{"endIncluding":"1.5.9"}
gopivotalgrails2.0.6

References

CWEs

CWE-352

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.