# CVE-2009-1576: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Attackers can trick users into visiting a crafted URL to leak form data or perform CSRF attacks, impacting Drupal site integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 May 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jf3c-6pm5-6fm9

## What is CVE-2009-1576?

CVE-2009-1576 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 6 May 2009. 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

Unspecified vulnerability in Drupal 5.x before 5.17 and 6.x before 6.11, as used in vbDrupal before 5.17.0, allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by tricking victims into visiting the front page of the site with a crafted URL and causing form data to be sent to an attacker-controlled site, possibly related to multiple / (slash) characters that are not properly handled by includes/bootstrap.inc, as demonstrated using the search box.  NOTE: this vulnerability can be leveraged to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1576?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Drupal Drupal.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-1576?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2009-1576 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1576 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-1576 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-1576 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 6 May 2009. 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-2009-1576 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-2009-1576/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1576/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1576
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1576
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1576

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1576/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.