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CVE-2016-3162
The File module in Drupal 7.x before 7.43 and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions and read,…
High8.1EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
The File module in Drupal 7.x before 7.43 and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions and read, delete, or substitute a link to a file uploaded to an unprocessed form by leveraging permission to create content or comment and upload files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistdrupal/coreGHSA-w2pj-c8x5-jvg2 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistdrupal/drupalGHSA-w2pj-c8x5-jvg2 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- [oss-security] 20160224 CVE requests for Drupal core (SA-CORE-2016-001) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160315 Re: CVE requests for Drupal core (SA-CORE-2016-001) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3498 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w2pj-c8x5-jvg2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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