CVE-2007-5594

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

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.

Affected products

Drupal: from 5.0 before 5.3 — fixed in 5.3
Fedoraproject Fedora: 7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Drupal 5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://drupal.org/node/184348
http://secunia.com/advisories/27290
http://secunia.com/advisories/27352
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26119
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37268
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00328.html
http://drupal.org/node/184348
http://secunia.com/advisories/27290
http://secunia.com/advisories/27352
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26119
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37268
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00328.html

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