# CVE-2008-1729: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can edit user profiles and view sensitive tracker/blog data, while authenticated admins can edit content types due to missing permission checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/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:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3crq-c4rc-qm8q

## What is CVE-2008-1729?

CVE-2008-1729 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 11 Apr 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The menu system in Drupal 6 before 6.2 has incorrect menu settings, which allows remote attackers to (1) edit the profile pages of arbitrary users, and obtain sensitive information from (2) tracker and (3) blog pages, related to a missing check for the "access content" permission; and (4) allows remote authenticated users, with administration page view access, to edit content types.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1729?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Drupal Drupal.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-1729?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1729 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-1729 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1729 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1729 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-1729 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 11 Apr 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1729 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-2008-1729/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1729/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1729
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1729
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1729

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