CVE-2008-3220

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Drupal 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.3 allows remote attackers to perform administrative actions via vectors involving deletion of "translated strings."

Affected products

Drupal: from 5.0 before 5.8; from 6.0 before 6.3 — fixed in 5.8, 6.3
Fedoraproject Fedora: 8, 9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Drupal 5.8, 6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://drupal.org/node/280571
http://secunia.com/advisories/31079
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30168
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454849
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43702
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00016.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00527.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00551.html
http://drupal.org/node/280571
http://secunia.com/advisories/31079
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/3

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