# CVE-2005-3974: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers with low privileges can bypass access controls to view user profiles in Drupal when running on PHP5.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x3xc-9hqw-jqwj

## What is CVE-2005-3974?

CVE-2005-3974 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 3 Dec 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Drupal 4.5.0 through 4.5.5 and 4.6.0 through 4.6.3, when running on PHP5, does not correctly enforce user privileges, which allows remote attackers to bypass the "access user profiles" permission.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3974?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Drupal Drupal.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-3974?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2005-3974 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3974 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-3974 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-3974 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 3 Dec 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3974 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal Drupal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3974/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3974/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3974
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3974
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3974

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