Input validation error in Drupal - CVE-2016-9452

 

Input validation error in Drupal - CVE-2016-9452

Published: November 25, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40005
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9452
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Drupal
Affected software:
Drupal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The transliterate mechanism in Drupal 8.x before 8.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted URL.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-9452

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources