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CVE-2016-3168

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3168 is a reflected file download vulnerability affecting Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43, specifically within the System module. This flaw could allow remote attackers to hijack site administrator authentication to download and execute files containing arbitrary JSON-encoded content. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.4 (Medium), exploitation requires high privileges and user interaction, but could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:6.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 87 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 6.38
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 7.43
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 7.43
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 6.38

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-qqxc-cppg-4xp8medium

Drupal Reflected file download vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

drupal.org / SA-CORE-2016-001
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3498
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10