What is CVE-2016-3169?

CVE-2016-3169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-3169?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Drupal

CVE-2016-3169

The User module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging contributed or custom code that calls the user_save function with an explicit category and loads all roles into the array.

Published 2016-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Drupal — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19 (mailing-list)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10 (mailing-list)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498 (vendor-advisory)
www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3169?: CVE-2016-3169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-3169?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.