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Drupal: CVE-2016-9450 : Incorrect cache context on password reset page - SA-CORE-2016-005

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 25, 2016
Added
Aug 2, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

The user password reset form in Drupal 8.x before 8.2.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cache poisoning attacks by leveraging failure to specify a correct cache context.

Solution

drupal-cve-2016-9450
Title
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