CVE-2008-2771 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2008-2771?

CVE-2008-2771 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 18 Jun 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Node Hierarchy module 5.x before 5.x-1.1 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0 for Drupal does not properly implement access checks, which allows remote attackers with "access content" permissions to bypass restrictions and modify the node hierarchy via unspecified attack vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2771?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Drupal Drupal, Drupal Node Hierarchy Module.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2771?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2771 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2008-2771 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2771 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-533x-6564-c9jh.