CVE-2010-2473 Auth bypass in drupal6

What is CVE-2010-2473?

CVE-2010-2473 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 7 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Drupal 6.x before 6.16 and 5.x before version 5.22 does not properly block users under certain circumstances. A user with an open session that was blocked could maintain their session on the Drupal site despite being blocked.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2473?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2473?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2010-2473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as GHSA-vqp6-f6x9-5r96.