CVE-2009-4517 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 31 Dec 2009 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can hijack user sessions to access unpublished content via CSRF in the Drupal FAQ Ask module.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2009-4517?

CVE-2009-4517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FAQ Ask module 5.x and 6.x before 6.x-2.0, a module for Drupal, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that access unpublished content.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4517?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nanwich Faq Ask.

How do I fix CVE-2009-4517?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4517 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-4517 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4517 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-93v5-m8h2-php8.