# CVE-2008-7181: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can delete arbitrary categories and accounts by manipulating parameters in specific PHP scripts without proper authorization checks.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Sep 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wg5m-9mw6-chj4

## What is CVE-2008-7181?

CVE-2008-7181 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Sep 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Butterfly Organizer 2.0.0 allows remote attackers to (1) delete arbitrary categories via a modified tablehere parameter to category-delete.php with the is_js_confirmed parameter set to 1, or (2) delete arbitrary accounts via the mytable parameter to delete.php.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7181?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Butterflymedia Butterfly Organizer.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-7181?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7181 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-7181 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7181 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Butterfly ORGanizer 2.0.0 - Arbitrary Delete (Category/Account) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-6311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6311/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6328/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6700](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6700/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-7181 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-7181 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Sep 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7181 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2008-7181/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7181/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7181
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7181
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-7181

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7181/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.