CVE-2008-3222

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% 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-384

Description

Session fixation vulnerability in Drupal 5.x before 5.9 and 6.x before 6.3, when contributed modules "terminate the current request during a login event," allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Drupal: from 5.0 before 5.9; from 6.0 before 6.3 — fixed in 5.9, 6.3
Fedoraproject Fedora: 8, 9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Drupal 5.9, 6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://drupal.org/node/280571
http://drupal.org/node/286417
http://secunia.com/advisories/31079
http://secunia.com/advisories/31211
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30168
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30359
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454849
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43706
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

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