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Vulnerability details: VCID-2zsm-eyx1-sucv
Vulnerability ID VCID-2zsm-eyx1-sucv
Aliases CVE-2016-3165
GHSA-4gh5-3hqj-x3pj
Summary Drupal Form API ignores access restrictions on submit buttons 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00607 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3165
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/drupal/core
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/drupal/core
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3165
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3165
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
generic_textual HIGH https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
generic_textual HIGH http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3165
https://github.com/drupal/core
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3165
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/drupal/core
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3165.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3165
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.68673
EPSS Score 0.00607
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:30:00.910827+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-4gh5-3hqj-x3pj/GHSA-4gh5-3hqj-x3pj.json 36.1.3