CVE-2016-6211

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.83% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

49 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The User module in Drupal 7.x before 7.44 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via vectors involving contributed or custom code that triggers a rebuild of the user profile form.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-269US

affected products (49)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal= 7.24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-frqf-9qr4-6vxfDrupal Saving user accounts can sometimes grant the user all roles2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The User module in Drupal 7.x before 7.44 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via vectors involving contributed or custom code that triggers a rebuild of the user profile form.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-09-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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