National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1635
Original release date:08/28/2012
Last revised:08/29/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The hook_node_access function in the revisioning module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal checks the permissions of the current user even when it is called to check permissions of other users, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated when using the XML sitemap module to obtain sensitive information about unpublished content.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: MISC
Name: https://drupal.org/node/1409268
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://drupal.org/node/1407456
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120406 CVE's for Drupal Contrib 2012 001 through 057 (67 new CVE assignments)
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)