First published: Wed Aug 27 2008(Updated: )
The private filesystem in Drupal 5.x before 5.10 and 6.x before 6.4 trusts the MIME type sent by a web browser, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by uploading files containing arbitrary web script or HTML.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Drupal Drupal | =5.4 | |
Drupal Drupal | =6.2 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.2 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.7 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.0 | |
Drupal Drupal | =6.1 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.6 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.1 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.5 | |
Drupal Drupal | =6.0 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.9 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.8 | |
Drupal Drupal | =5.3 | |
Drupal Drupal | =6.3 |
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CVE-2008-3741 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
To fix CVE-2008-3741, update your Drupal installation to at least version 5.10 or 6.4 or higher.
CVE-2008-3741 affects users operating Drupal versions 5.x prior to 5.10 and 6.x prior to 6.4.
CVE-2008-3741 can enable remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability in CVE-2008-3741 resides in the private filesystem's handling of MIME types without proper validation.