VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-3169

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability2.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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