CVE-2008-4792 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2008-4792?

CVE-2008-4792 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 29 Oct 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The core BlogAPI module in Drupal 5.x before 5.11 and 6.x before 6.5 does not properly validate unspecified content fields of an internal Drupal form, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via modified field values.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4792?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4792?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4792 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-2008-4792 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4792 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as GHSA-8q2j-8pc6-8c5r.