ikiwiki 3.20161219 does not properly check if a revision changes the access permissions for a page on sites with the git and recentchanges plugins and the CGI interface enabled, which allows remote attackers to revert certain changes by leveraging permissions to change the page before the revision was made.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2016-10026 is rated Moderate Risk (59.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.13%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.91% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.22% | 2.13% | +1.91% |
| 2 | 2026-05-31 | 0.38% | 0.22% | -0.16% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.38% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2016-10026 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ikiwiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10026 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2016-10026 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ikiwiki), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 18, ignored 2, DNE 1, needed 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10026 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://ikiwiki.info/bugs/rcs_revert_can_bypass_authorization_if_affected_files_were_renamed/ | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3760 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/21/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/29/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://ikiwiki.info/security/#index46h2 | Vendor Advisory |