CVE-2016-3166

5.9 MEDIUM
Published: April 12, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the drupal_set_header function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.1.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks by leveraging a module that allows user-submitted data to appear in HTTP headers.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.9 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
66th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

drupal debian