CVE-2016-6212 Drupal Views can allow unauthorized users to see Statistics information

What is CVE-2016-6212?

CVE-2016-6212 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 9 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Views module 7.x-3.x before 7.x-3.14 in Drupal 7.x and the Views module in Drupal 8.x before 8.1.3 might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive Statistics information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6212?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including drupal/core and drupal/drupal. It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6212?

Upgrade drupal/core to 8.1.3 or later.

Is CVE-2016-6212 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6212 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rfxx-gxwc-923c.