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Drupal Unspecified Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 18641

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Drupal running on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an improperly implemented input check. An attacker can exploit this, when public registration is enabled, to gain elevated privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Drupal version 4.4.3 / 4.5.3 / 4.6.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.drupal.org/files/sa-2005-001/advisory.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18641

File Name: drupal_priv_escalation.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/8/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:drupal:drupal

Required KB Items: www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Drupal

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1871

BID: 13852