CVE-2008-2271

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Site Documentation Drupal module 5.x before 5.x-1.8 and 6.x before 6.x-1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges of other users by leveraging the "access content" permission to list tables and obtain session IDs from the database.

Affected products

Site Documentation Project Site Documentation: from 5.x-1.0 before 5.x-1.8; from 6.x-1.0 before 6.x-1.1 — fixed in 5.x-1.8, 6.x-1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Site Documentation Project Site Documentation 5.x-1.8, 6.x-1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://drupal.org/node/258547
http://secunia.com/advisories/30257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453
http://drupal.org/node/258547
http://secunia.com/advisories/30257
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453

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