# CVE-2015-5498: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can view sensitive shipment data in the Drupal Shipwire module due to missing permission checks on the overview page.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Aug 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5j76-69xc-rg6j

## What is CVE-2015-5498?

CVE-2015-5498 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Shipwire API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.03 for Drupal does not check the view permission for the shipments overview (admin/shipwire/shipments), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request to the page.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5498?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Shipwire Api Project Shipwire Api.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5498?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-5498 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5498 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5498 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5498 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5498 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2015-5498/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5498/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5498
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5498
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5498

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5498/
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