CVE-2016-7571 Drupal Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2016-7571?

CVE-2016-7571 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 3 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Drupal 8.x before 8.1.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an HTTP exception.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7571?

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-2016-7571?

Upgrade drupal/core to 8.1.10 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-7571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Drupal Drupal

• CVE-2026-9082 Drupal Core SQL Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-13671 Drupal core Un-restricted Upload of File Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-6340 Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2009-3352 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-55636 Drupal core - Less critical - Gadget chain - SA-CORE-2024-006 Critical 9.8

All Drupal Drupal vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vhg8-x858-7wq6.