What is CVE-2016-3163?

CVE-2016-3163 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-3163?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Drupal

CVE-2016-3163

The XML-RPC system in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a large number of calls made at once to the same method.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Drupal — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3163?: CVE-2016-3163 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-3163?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.