Drupal SIOC Module Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31658
Class:	Access Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-6160
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 08 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:22PM
Credit:	Stéphane Corlosquet and Peter Wolanin of the Drupal security team
Vulnerable:	Drupal SIOC 6.x-1.0 Drupal SIOC 5.x-1.0
Not Vulnerable:	Drupal SIOC 6.x-1.1 Drupal SIOC 5.x-1.2

Drupal SIOC Module Security Bypass Vulnerability

The Drupal SIOC Module is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability that may allow attackers to gain access to sensitive areas of the application without the appropriate privileges.

This issue affects versions prior to Drupal SIOC Module 5.x-1.2 and 6.x-1.1.

Drupal SIOC Module Security Bypass Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a browser.

Drupal SIOC Module Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes and an advisory. Please see the references for more information.

Drupal SIOC Module Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Drupal Homepage (Drupal)
  
• SA-2008-062 - SIOC - access bypass (Drupal)
  
• SIOC (Drupal)