CVE-2016-3167
Drupal Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function
Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.7, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a double-encoded URL in the "destination" parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.7, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a double-encoded URL in the "destination" parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-3167- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.7, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a double-encoded URL in the "destination" parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-3167- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4034 No score
Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.7, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a double-encoded URL in the "destination" parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4034- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gxwx-c7m8-f95h
Drupal Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function
Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.7, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a double-encoded URL in the "destination" parameter.
- Record
GHSA-gxwx-c7m8-f95h- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.7, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a double-encoded URL in the "destination" parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-3167- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-gxwx-c7m8-f95h
Drupal Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function
Open redirect vulnerability in the drupal_goto function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.4.7, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a double-encoded URL in the "destination" parameter.
- Record
GHSA-gxwx-c7m8-f95h- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
drupal/corePackagist |
6.0 up to 6.38 | 6.38 |
drupal/drupalPackagist |
6.0 up to 6.38 | 6.38 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3167 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Drupal, published April 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.35%, the 71st percentile. Fixed in drupal/core 6.38.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3167
github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3167.yaml