CVE-2016-3162 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Drupal 7.x before 7.43 and 8.x before 8.0.4, specifically within the File module. It allows authenticated users with content creation or comment permissions and file upload capabilities to bypass access restrictions. This enables them to read, delete, or substitute links to files uploaded to unprocessed forms. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1 (High) due to its low attack complexity and the potential for high impact on confidentiality and integrity, without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:7.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:7.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:7.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:7.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.