CVE•Published 2017-01-23•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-6521Gopivotal · Grails
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2017-01-23
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-6521Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Gopivotal Grails"All exposed Gopivotal Grails instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Grails"HTTP body or banner mentions "Grails" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-6521Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-6521Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-6521Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-6521GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-6521" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.