CVE-2015-2559

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Drupal 6.x before 6.35 and 7.x before 7.35 allows remote authenticated users to reset the password of other accounts by leveraging an account with the same password hash as another account and a crafted password reset URL.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0
Drupal: from 6.0 before 6.35; from 7.0 before 7.35 — fixed in 6.35, 7.35

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Drupal 6.35, 7.35. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73219
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2015-001
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73219
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2015-001

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