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CVE-2016-3168
The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site…
Medium6.4EPSS 2.5%
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- mitre
Description
The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site administrators for requests that download and run files with arbitrary JSON-encoded content, aka a "reflected file download vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistdrupal/coreGHSA-qqxc-cppg-4xp8 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistdrupal/drupalGHSA-qqxc-cppg-4xp8 (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-qqxc-cppg-4xp8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .