CVE-2009-1576

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Drupal 5.x before 5.17 and 6.x before 6.11, as used in vbDrupal before 5.17.0, allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by tricking victims into visiting the front page of the site with a crafted URL and causing form data to be sent to an attacker-controlled site, possibly related to multiple / (slash) characters that are not properly handled by includes/bootstrap.inc, as demonstrated using the search box. NOTE: this vulnerability can be leveraged to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.76% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory drupal.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00108.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/54153	vdb entry
http://www.vbdrupal.org/forum/showthread.php?p=9953#post9953	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1216	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34980	third party advisory
http://drupal.org/node/449078	patch vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00133.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34950	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34948	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1792	vendor advisory
http://drupal.org/files/sa-core-2009-005/SA-CORE-2009-005-5.16.patch	patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1576?: CVE-2009-1576 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1576?: To fix CVE-2009-1576, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1576 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-1576 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.