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CVE-2016-3169

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
12/04/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 8.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
8.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
6.80
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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