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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-12 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-03-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5411d3ec93e516775ffa6d1f6c947519255112a08c1ff15240d40633cc2bda19
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160224 CVE requests for Drupal core (SA-CORE-2016-001)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160315 Re: CVE requests for Drupal core (SA-CORE-2016-001)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
- www.debian.orgDSA-3498http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
- www.drupal.orghttps://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- drupal7 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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