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Fencer Intel
high 8.8

CVE-2016-6211 json

Drupal Saving user accounts can sometimes grant the user all roles

published 2016-09-09 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-frqf-9qr4-6vxf , EUVD-2022-3829

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The User module in Drupal 7.x before 7.44 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via vectors involving contributed or custom code that triggers a rebuild of the user profile form.

Patch / fix

  • packagist drupal/core 7.44
  • packagist drupal/drupal 7.44

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-6211 updated cvss 6.8

drupal: several issues fixed in 7.44

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist drupal/core
>=7.0, <7.44
7.44
packagist drupal/drupal
>=7.0, <7.44
7.44

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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