SQL injection in Drupal - CVE-2015-6659

 

SQL injection in Drupal - CVE-2015-6659

Published: August 24, 2015 / Updated: December 5, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40669
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6659
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


Affected software

Drupal
Fedora
drupal6
drupal7

How to mitigate CVE-2015-6659

Install update from vendor's website.

Drupal - addressed in versions 6.37, 7.39
drupal6 - addressed in versions 6.37-1.el5, 6.37-1.el6, 6.37-1.fc21, 6.37-1.fc22, 6.37-1.fc23
drupal7 - addressed in versions 7.39-1.el5, 7.39-1.el6, 7.39-1.el7, 7.39-1.fc21, 7.39-1.fc22, 7.39-1.fc23

External References

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