CVE-2009-2374 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Drupal fails to sanitize failed login attempts, leaking credentials via HTTP referer headers or page cache to attackers.

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

What is CVE-2009-2374?

CVE-2009-2374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 8 Jul 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

Drupal 5.x before 5.19 and 6.x before 6.13 does not properly sanitize failed login attempts for pages that contain a sortable table, which includes the username and password in links that can be read from (1) the HTTP referer header of external web sites that are visited from those links or (2) when page caching is enabled, the Drupal page cache.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2374?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2374?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-2374 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2374 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-ch7c-r59p-c6q5.

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