CVE-2012-1590: Medium severity Drupal Drupal vulnerability
Published Oct 1, 2012
·Updated
The forum list in Drupal 7.x before 7.14 does not properly check user permissions for unpublished forum posts, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information such as the post title via the forum overview page.
Affected Software
30 affected components
Drupal Drupal=7.0
Drupal Drupal=7.0-alpha1
Drupal Drupal=7.0-alpha2
Drupal Drupal=7.0-alpha3
Drupal Drupal=7.0-alpha4
Drupal Drupal=7.0-alpha5
Drupal Drupal=7.0-alpha6
Drupal Drupal=7.0-alpha7
Drupal Drupal=7.0-beta1
Drupal Drupal=7.0-beta2
Drupal Drupal=7.0-beta3
Drupal Drupal=7.0-dev
Drupal Drupal=7.0-rc1
Drupal Drupal=7.0-rc2
Drupal Drupal=7.0-rc3
Drupal Drupal=7.0-rc4
Drupal Drupal=7.1
Drupal Drupal=7.2
Drupal Drupal=7.3
Drupal Drupal=7.4
Drupal Drupal=7.5
Drupal Drupal=7.6
Drupal Drupal=7.7
Drupal Drupal=7.8
Drupal Drupal=7.9
Drupal Drupal=7.10
Drupal Drupal=7.11
Drupal Drupal=7.12
Drupal Drupal=7.13
Drupal Drupal=7.x-dev
Remediation
Patch Available
Event History
Oct 1, 2012
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2012-1590?
CVE-2012-1590 has a high severity rating due to improper user permission checks allowing unauthorized access to sensitive information.
2
How do I fix CVE-2012-1590?
To fix CVE-2012-1590, upgrade to Drupal version 7.14 or later.
3
Who is affected by CVE-2012-1590?
Remote authenticated users are affected by CVE-2012-1590 if they have access to unpublished forum posts.
4
What type of information is exposed due to CVE-2012-1590?
CVE-2012-1590 can expose sensitive information such as the titles of unpublished forum posts.
5
In which versions of Drupal is CVE-2012-1590 present?
CVE-2012-1590 is present in Drupal 7.x versions before 7.14.