CVE-2008-2271
Drupal Site Documentation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The Site Documentation Drupal module 5.x before 5.x-1.8 and 6.x before 6.x-1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges of other users by leveraging the "access content" permission to list tables and obtain session IDs from the database.
INFO
Published Date :
May 16, 2008, 12:54 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-2271
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
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are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2008-2271.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://drupal.org/node/258547 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30257 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references | Third Party Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://drupal.org/node/258547 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30257 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references | Third Party Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://drupal.org/node/258547 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30257 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 19, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Obtain Other Access (e.g. application account) Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Changed Reference Type http://drupal.org/node/258547 No Types Assigned http://drupal.org/node/258547 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30257 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30257 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Removed CWE NIST CWE-264 Added CWE NIST CWE-269 Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 6.2 *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:site_documentation_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.7 *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:site_documentation_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.7 OR *cpe:2.3:a:site_documentation_project:site_documentation:*:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:* versions from (including) 5.x-1.0 up to (excluding) 5.x-1.8 *cpe:2.3:a:site_documentation_project:site_documentation:*:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:* versions from (including) 6.x-1.0 up to (excluding) 6.x-1.1 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42453 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 16, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2271 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2271
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.75 }} -0.07%
score
0.70879
percentile