Access bypass in Drupal - CVE-2011-2687

 

Access bypass in Drupal - CVE-2011-2687

Published: September 15, 2016 / Updated: September 16, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU479
CSH Severity: Low
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-2011-2687
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to get unrestricted access to private files.
The weakness exists due to using of private files in combination with a node access module that allows a malicious user to obtain private information.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in gaining unlimited access to private data.

Affected software

Drupal
Fedora
drupal7

How to mitigate CVE-2011-2687


drupal7 - addressed in versions 7.4-1.el5, 7.4-1.el6

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