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Vulnerability details: VCID-dhwb-tvs2-vkht
Vulnerability ID VCID-dhwb-tvs2-vkht
Aliases CVE-2016-9449
GHSA-p745-347h-hjfw
Summary Unprivileged access to taxonomy terms Modules wishing to restrict access to taxonomy terms may be incompatible with queries generated both by Drupal core as well as those generated by contributed modules like Entity Reference. As a result, information on taxonomy terms may be disclosed to unprivileged users.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00215 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9449
epss 0.00215 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9449
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/drupal/core
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/drupal/core
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9449
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9449
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-74
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-005
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-005
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3718
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3718
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94367
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94367
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9449
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9449
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9451
https://github.com/drupal/core
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9449
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-005
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3718
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94367
ASA-201611-20 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-20
AVG-74 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-74
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/drupal/core
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-9449.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9449
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-005
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3718
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94367
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.44031
EPSS Score 0.00215
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:36:40.933425+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/drupal/core/CVE-2016-9449.yml 38.6.0