High
Security advisory
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-6211
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 07:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-6211
Complete source record
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