cve/2016/CVE-2016-7980.md

### [CVE-2016-7980](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7980)
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### Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that execute the XML validator on a local file via a crafted valider_xml request.  NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2016-7998 to execute arbitrary PHP code.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/6
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-2-exec-code-cross-site-request-forgery-cve-2016-7980/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.