Drupal sensitive information disclosure

published 2016-11-25 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p745-347h-hjfw , EUVD-2022-4701

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

The taxonomy module in Drupal 7.x before 7.52 and 8.x before 8.2.3 might allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information about taxonomy terms by leveraging inconsistent naming of access query tags.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 distros 1 links 1

packagist drupal/core 7.52, 8.2.3
packagist drupal/drupal 7.52, 8.2.3

drupal Arch Linux 8.2.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-74

drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-005 advisory

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-2016-9449 updated 2026-01-13

drupal: Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 7.52

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

1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	drupal/core	>=7.0, <7.52 >=8.0, <8.2.3	7.52 8.2.3
packagist	drupal/drupal	>=8.0, <8.2.3 >=7.0, <7.52	8.2.3 7.52

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

drupal.org /SA-CORE-2016-005
web, patch, vendor-advisory
debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3718
vendor-advisory, web
securityfocus.com /bid/94367
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9449
advisory
github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
web
github.com /FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
web
github.com /drupal/core
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-9449
GitHub Advisory GHSA-p745-347h-hjfw
NVD CVE-2016-9449

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Summary