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Drupal: CVE-2016-3165 : Form API ignores access restrictions on submit buttons - SA-CORE-2016-001

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Drupal: CVE-2016-3165 : Form API ignores access restrictions on submit buttons - SA-CORE-2016-001

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/02/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

The Form API in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 ignores access restrictions on submit buttons, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging permission to submit a form with a button that has "#access" set to FALSE in the server-side form definition.

Solution(s)

  • drupal-cve-2016-3165

References

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