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Drupal: CVE-2016-3168 : Reflected file download vulnerability - SA-CORE-2016-001

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 12, 2016
Added
Aug 2, 2017
Modified
Apr 14, 2025

Description

The System module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of site administrators for requests that download and run files with arbitrary JSON-encoded content, aka a "reflected file download vulnerability."

Solutions

drupal-cve-2016-3168-1drupal-cve-2016-3168-2
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