{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3163","details":"The XML-RPC system in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a large number of calls made at once to the same method.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:41Z","published":"2016-04-12T15:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-3163"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3163"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3163"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"drupal7","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/drupal7@7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["7.23-1","7.24-1","7.24-2","7.26-1","7.26-1ubuntu0.1","7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm1","7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm2","7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"drupal7","binary_version":"7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3163.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}