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CVE-2016-6212

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6212 describes an access restriction bypass vulnerability in the Views module for Drupal 7.x (versions prior to 7.x-3.14) and Drupal 8.x (versions prior to 8.1.3). This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) could allow remote authenticated users to gain unauthorized access to sensitive Statistics information. The attack vector is network-based with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and primarily impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.1.3
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.1.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-rfxx-gxwc-923cmedium

Drupal Views can allow unauthorized users to see Statistics information

May 17, 2022

References

drupal.org / node/2749333
Vendor Advisory
drupal.org / SA-CORE-2016-002
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91230