CVE-2008-6171

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

includes/bootstrap.inc in Drupal 5.x before 5.12 and 6.x before 6.6, when the server is configured for "IP-based virtual hosts," allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via the HTTP Host header.

Affected products

Drupal: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 (+12)

References

http://drupal.org/files/sa-2008-067/SA-2008-067-5.11.patch
http://drupal.org/node/324824
http://secunia.com/advisories/32389
http://secunia.com/advisories/32441
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31900
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2913
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46049
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00783.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00826.html
http://drupal.org/files/sa-2008-067/SA-2008-067-5.11.patch
http://drupal.org/node/324824
http://secunia.com/advisories/32389

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