# CVE-2007-6752: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack user sessions via CSRF in Drupal logout, though the vendor disputes the severity and plans no fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2012
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jchx-5q5h-f574, UBUNTU-CVE-2007-6752

## What is CVE-2007-6752?

CVE-2007-6752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 28 Mar 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Drupal 7.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that end a session via the user/logout URI.  NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, by considering the "security benefit against platform complexity and performance impact" and concluding that a change to the logout behavior is not planned because "for most sites it is not worth the trade-off.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6752?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Drupal Drupal.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Drupal 7.12 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-6752 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 28 Mar 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6752 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-2007-6752/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6752/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6752
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6752
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6752

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