What is CVE-2016-1565?

CVE-2016-1565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Field Group Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-1565?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Field Group Project

CVE-2016-1565

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Field Group module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.5 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with permission to configure field display settings to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an element attribute.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-01-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Field Group Project — versions 7.x-1.0, 7.x-1.1, 7.x-1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.drupal.org/node/2644832 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.drupal.org/node/2645350 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1565?: CVE-2016-1565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Field Group Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-1565?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.