CVE-2012-2153 Drupal improper access restrictions

What is CVE-2012-2153?

CVE-2012-2153 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 1 Oct 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Drupal 7.x before 7.14 does not properly restrict access to nodes in a list when using a "contributed node access module," which allows remote authenticated users with the "Access the content overview page" permission to read all published nodes by accessing the admin/content page.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2153?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including drupal/drupal. It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2153?

Upgrade drupal/drupal to 7.14 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2012-2153 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vpm6-h53m-x2xf.