CVE-2008-4791 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The user module in Drupal 5.x before 5.11 and 6.x before 6.5 might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended login access rules and successfully login via unknown vectors.

Published: 2008-10-29

Score: 6.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4771	The user module in Drupal 5.x before 5.11 and 6.x before 6.5 might allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended login access rules and successfully login via unknown vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00516.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://drupal.org/node/318706
http://secunia.com/advisories/32201
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/7
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45766

History

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Subscriptions

Drupal Drupal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-29T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:27.547Z

Reserved: 2008-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4791

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-29T15:31:35.557

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4791

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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