CVE-2016-3169
Drupal saving user accounts can sometimes grant the user all roles
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-3169
To remediate CVE-2016-3169, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 6.38 or later
- —upgrade to 7.43 or later
Is CVE-2016-3169 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 6.0, < 6.38
- >= 7.0, < 7.43
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |