HIGH
Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, or 5.6.x before 5.6.13, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to session data truncation
Published Apr 12, 2016
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.19%
Description
Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, or 5.6.x before 5.6.13, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to session data truncation.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
AND
Running on/with
OR
- ≤ 5.4.44
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.10
- 5.5.11
- 5.5.12
- 5.5.13
- 5.5.14
- 5.5.18
- 5.5.19
- 5.5.20
- 5.5.21
- 5.5.22
- 5.5.23
- 5.5.24
- 5.5.25
- 5.5.26
- 5.5.27
- 5.5.28
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.1
- 5.6.2
- 5.6.3
- 5.6.4
- 5.6.5
- 5.6.6
- 5.6.7
- 5.6.8
- 5.6.9
- 5.6.10
- 5.6.11
- 5.6.12
OR
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.5
- 6.6
- 6.7
- 6.8
- 6.9
- 6.10
- 6.11
- 6.12
- 6.13
- 6.14
- 6.15
- 6.16
- 6.17
- 6.18
- 6.19
- 6.20
- 6.21
- 6.22
- 6.23
- 6.24
- 6.25
- 6.26
- 6.27
- 6.28
- 6.29
- 6.30
- 6.31
- 6.32
- 6.33
- 6.34
- 6.35
- 6.36
- 6.37
Configuration 2
OR
- 7.0
- 8.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.1 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.19% 0.03190
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03190
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03190) | 87.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03190) | 86.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.22% (0.08219) | 91.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 28.38% (0.28381) | 94.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 8.22% (0.08219) | 91.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.93% (0.06933) | 90.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.43% (0.02429) | 89.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2024 | 4.27% (0.04271) | 92.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.18% (0.04178) | 90.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.79% (0.05785) | 90.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.79% (0.05785) | 89.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.79% (0.05785) | 77.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (8)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3171.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3171.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-69g8-g9jq-74v7 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3171
- https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3171.yaml | ||
| https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3171.yaml | ||
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-69g8-g9jq-74v7 | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3171 | ||
| https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 12, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 15, 2016
Link CVE-2016-3171
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-69G8-G9JQ-74V7 Updated n/a