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CVE-2016-3163
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…
High7.5EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistdrupal/coreGHSA-h3r9-pjmr-f938 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistdrupal/drupalGHSA-h3r9-pjmr-f938 (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-h3r9-pjmr-f938 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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