CVE-2008-4792 (GCVE-0-2008-4792)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-29 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
Summary
The core BlogAPI module in Drupal 5.x before 5.11 and 6.x before 6.5 does not properly validate unspecified content fields of an internal Drupal form, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via modified field values.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://drupal.org/node/318706 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32201 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-10-08 00:00
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