CVE-2016-6211 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Drupal 7.x before version 7.44, specifically within its User module. Remote authenticated users can exploit this flaw by leveraging contributed or custom code that triggers a user profile form rebuild. With a CVSS score of 8.8, successful exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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:H
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