# CVE-2008-3222: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack web sessions in Drupal if specific contributed modules are used, requiring user interaction to exploit.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qvqj-pfj9-vcvw

## What is CVE-2008-3222?

CVE-2008-3222 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 18 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Session fixation vulnerability in Drupal 5.x before 5.9 and 6.x before 6.3, when contributed modules "terminate the current request during a login event," allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3222?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Drupal Drupal, Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3222?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-3222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3222 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-3222 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 18 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3222 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-2008-3222/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3222/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3222
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3222
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3222

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3222/
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