CVE-2016-3098

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administrate 0.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the user's OAuth autorization code.

Published: 2022-08-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-3098 is rated Low Risk (29.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3098

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 0.12% 0.30% +0.19%
2 2026-02-12 0.19% 0.12% -0.07%
3 2025-08-06 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3098

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3098

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2016-3098

GHSA-cc8c-26rj-v2vx · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — administrate vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3098

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
thoughtbot administrate < 0.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:thoughtbot:administrate:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3098

URL Tags
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/0 Mailing List Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
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