What is CVE-2016-9450?

CVE-2016-9450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-9450?

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

Vulnerability in Drupal

CVE-2016-9450

The user password reset form in Drupal 8.x before 8.2.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks by leveraging failure to specify a correct cache context.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th 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 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9450?: CVE-2016-9450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-9450?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.