Vulnerability in Drupal
CVE-2016-3168
The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site administrators for requests that download and run files with arbitrary JSON-encoded content, aka a "reflected file download vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.025 (82.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
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)
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-2016-3168?
- CVE-2016-3168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2016-04-12.
- How severe is CVE-2016-3168?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.