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Vulnerability details: VCID-fx3f-wjvj-5uek
Vulnerability ID VCID-fx3f-wjvj-5uek
Aliases CVE-2016-3169
GHSA-q3p9-8728-wq7x
Summary Drupal saving user accounts can sometimes grant the user all roles 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01016 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3169
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/drupal/core
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/drupal/core
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3169
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3169
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
generic_textual HIGH https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
cvssv3.1 8.1 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
generic_textual HIGH http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
cvssv3.1 8.1 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 8.1 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-2016-3169
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3162
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3163
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3164
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3168
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3169
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3170
https://github.com/drupal/core
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3169
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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3169.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3169
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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
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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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76134
EPSS Score 0.01016
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:27:30.595612+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-q3p9-8728-wq7x/GHSA-q3p9-8728-wq7x.json 36.1.3