High severity · published Apr 12, 2016
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…
8.1
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DR
Drupal · Drupal
6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; +34 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3169
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3169
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
Patch
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
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