Drupal Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vhg8-x858-7wq6 , EUVD-2022-5359

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Drupal 8.x before 8.1.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an HTTP exception.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

packagist drupal/core 8.1.10
packagist drupal/drupal 8.1.10

Exploit prediction

1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	drupal/core	>=8.0, <8.1.10	8.1.10
packagist	drupal/drupal	>=8.0, <8.1.10	8.1.10

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

drupal.org /SA-CORE-2016-004
web, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/93101
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1036886
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7571
advisory
github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-7571.yaml
web
github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-7571.yaml
web
github.com /drupal/core
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-7571
GitHub Advisory GHSA-vhg8-x858-7wq6
NVD CVE-2016-7571

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Summary