Information disclosure in Drupal - CVE-2012-2922
Published: May 22, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44056
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2922
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The request_path function in includes/bootstrap.inc in Drupal 7.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the q[] parameter to index.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Affected software
Drupal
Fedora
drupal7
Fedora
drupal7
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2922
Install update from vendor's website.
drupal7 - update to 7.14-2.el6
External References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0052.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0053.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0055.html
- http://osvdb.org/81817
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49131
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:074
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/02/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53454
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75531