CVE-2016-3169

high

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.

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: 2016-04-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High