First published: Fri Oct 19 2007(Updated: )
Drupal 5.x before 5.3 does not apply its Drupal Forms API protection against the user deletion form, which allows remote attackers to delete users via a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Drupal | >=5.0<5.3 | |
Fedora | =7 |
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CVE-2007-5594 is regarded as a moderate severity vulnerability due to its ability to allow user deletion via CSRF attacks.
To fix CVE-2007-5594, upgrade Drupal to version 5.3 or later to apply the necessary CSRF protections.
CVE-2007-5594 affects Drupal versions prior to 5.3.
CVE-2007-5594 allows remote attackers to perform cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks to delete users.
Yes, CVE-2007-5594 also affects Fedora, specifically version 7.