CVE-2016-3165

HIGH

Drupal 6.x < 6.38 - Improper Access Control via Form API Submit Button

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 69.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (40)
drupal/core 6.0 - 6.38Packagist
drupal/drupal 6.0 (10 CPE variants)
drupal/drupal 6.1
drupal/drupal 6.2
drupal/drupal 6.3
drupal/drupal 6.4
drupal/drupal 6.5
drupal/drupal 6.6
drupal/drupal 6.7
drupal/drupal 6.8
... and 30 more
Published Apr 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026