CVE-2016-3163
Drupal Brute force amplification attacks via XML-RPC
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.85%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-3163
To remediate CVE-2016-3163, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Packagist/drupal/core—upgrade to 7.43 or later
- —upgrade to 7.43 or later
Is CVE-2016-3163 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 7.0, < 7.43
- >= 7.0, < 7.43
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |