FKIE_CVE-2012-5543

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-12-03 21:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:46
Severity
Summary
The Feeds module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.0-alpha6 for Drupal, when a field is mapped to the node's author, does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary nodes via a crafted source feed.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://drupal.org/node/1808832Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://drupalcode.org/project/feeds.git/commitdiff/a538c20
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://drupal.org/node/1808832Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://drupalcode.org/project/feeds.git/commitdiff/a538c20
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
feeds_project feeds 7.x-2.0
feeds_project feeds 7.x-2.0
feeds_project feeds 7.x-2.0
feeds_project feeds 7.x-2.0
feeds_project feeds 7.x-2.0
feeds_project feeds 7.x-2.x
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