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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-3169): drupal7 vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 12, 2016
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

The User module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging contributed or custom code that calls the user_save function with an explicit category and loads all roles into the array.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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