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CVE-2016-3163

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-254 Security Features
Publication date:
12/04/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The XML-RPC system in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a large number of calls made at once to the same method.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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