vulnerability

Drupal: CVE-2016-3162 : File upload access bypass and denial of service - SA-CORE-2016-001

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 12, 2016
Added
Aug 2, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

The File module in Drupal 7.x before 7.43 and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions and read, delete, or substitute a link to a file uploaded to an unprocessed form by leveraging permission to create content or comment and upload files.

Solutions

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