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.
EPSS: 0.022 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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-2016-3169?
- 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.