7.5

CVE-2016-3165: drupal Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
Published 12-04-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-3165 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in drupal. EPSS estimates a 1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Form API in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 ignores access restrictions on submit buttons, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging permission to submit a form with a button that has "#access" set to FALSE in the server-side form definition.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.36% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Drupal1 product
  • drupal6.0 | 6.0:beta1 | 6.0:beta2 | 6.0:beta3 | 6.0:beta4 | 6.0:dev | 6.0:rc1 | 6.0:rc2 | 6.0:rc3 | 6.0:rc4 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.10 | 6.11 | 6.12 | 6.13 | 6.14 | 6.15 | 6.16 | 6.17 | 6.18 | 6.19 | 6.20 | 6.21 | 6.22 | 6.23 | 6.24 | 6.25 | 6.26 | 6.27 | 6.28 | 6.29 | 6.30 | 6.31 | 6.32 | 6.33 | 6.34 | 6.35 | 6.36 | 6.37

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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