CVE-2016-3169

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3169
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3169.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3169
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2016-04-12T15:59:06.933Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:49:08.218608323Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The User module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging contributed or custom code that calls the user_save function with an explicit category and loads all roles into the array.

Database specific 
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            ],
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                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
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                "cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                "cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                "cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                    "last_affected": "6.0-beta1"
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                    "introduced": "6.0-beta2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0-beta2"
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                    "introduced": "6.0-beta3"
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                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0-beta3"
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                    "last_affected": "6.0-rc2"
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                {
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                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0-rc3"
                },
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                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0-rc4"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0-rc1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0-rc1"
                },
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                    "introduced": "7.0-rc2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0-rc2"
                },
                {
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                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0-rc3"
                },
                {
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                },
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}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/drupal/drupal

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/drupal/drupal
Events
Introduced
f8d6bbf44160e6d00e71f0172ecf80e78d0f0d3c
Last affected
9ee4a1a2fa3bedb3852d21f2198509c107c48890
Database specific 
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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            "last_affected": "6.20"
        },
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        {
            "last_affected": "6.21"
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            "introduced": "6.22"
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            "last_affected": "6.22"
        },
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        {
            "last_affected": "6.23"
        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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            "last_affected": "7.3"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.4"
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            "last_affected": "7.4"
        },
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        },
        {
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        },
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            "introduced": "7.6"
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        {
            "last_affected": "7.6"
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            "introduced": "7.7"
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            "last_affected": "7.7"
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            "last_affected": "7.8"
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            "introduced": "7.9"
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        {
            "last_affected": "7.9"
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            "introduced": "7.10"
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        {
            "last_affected": "7.10"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.11"
        },
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            "last_affected": "7.11"
        },
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        },
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            "last_affected": "7.12"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.13"
        },
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            "last_affected": "7.13"
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            "introduced": "7.14"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.14"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.15"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.15"
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            "introduced": "7.16"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.16"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.17"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.17"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.18"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.18"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.19"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.19"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.20"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.20"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.21"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.21"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.22"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.22"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.23"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.23"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.24"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.24"
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            "introduced": "7.25"
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        {
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        },
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        },
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            "introduced": "7.30"
        },
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            "last_affected": "7.30"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.31"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.31"
        },
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            "introduced": "7.32"
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        {
            "last_affected": "7.32"
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            "introduced": "7.33"
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        {
            "last_affected": "7.33"
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        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.34"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.35"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.35"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.36"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.36"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.37"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.37"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.38"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.38"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.40"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.40"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.41"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.41"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.42"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.42"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

6.*
6.0
6.1
6.10
6.11
6.12
6.13
6.14
6.15
6.16
6.17
6.18
6.19
6.2
6.20
6.21
6.22
6.23
6.24
6.25
6.26
6.27
6.28
6.29
6.3
6.30
6.31
6.32
6.33
6.34
6.35
6.36
6.37
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
7.*
7.0
7.0-alpha1
7.0-alpha2
7.0-alpha3
7.0-alpha4
7.0-alpha5
7.0-alpha6
7.0-alpha7
7.0-beta1
7.0-beta2
7.0-beta3
7.1
7.10
7.11
7.12
7.13
7.14
7.15
7.16
7.17
7.18
7.19
7.2
7.20
7.21
7.22
7.23
7.24
7.25
7.26
7.27
7.28
7.29
7.3
7.30
7.31
7.32
7.33
7.34
7.35
7.36
7.37
7.38
7.4
7.40
7.41
7.42
7.5
7.6
7.7
7.8
7.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3169.json"