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CVE-2008-4789

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-10-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The validation functionality in the core upload module in Drupal 6.x before 6.5 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and "attach files to content," related to a "logic error."

Affected products

• Drupal: through 6.4; 6.0, 6.0-beta1, 6.0-beta2, 6.0-beta3, 6.0-beta4, 6.0-rc-1 (+6)

References

• http://drupal.org/node/318706
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32198
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/7
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45755
• http://drupal.org/node/318706
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32198
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/21/7
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45755

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