CVE-2016-3163

high

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.

References

https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-12

Updated: 2016-04-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High