Medium severity · published Nov 25, 2016
CVE-2016-9452
The transliterate mechanism in Drupal 8.x before 8.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted URL
6.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The transliterate mechanism in Drupal 8.x before 8.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted URL.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DR
Drupal · Drupal
8.0.0; 8.0.0; 8.0.0; 8.0.0; 8.0.0; 8.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9452
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9452
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94367
Patch
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-005
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