CVE-2015-5515

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2015-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Views Bulk Operations (VBO) module 6.x-1.x and 7.x-3.x before 7.x-3.3 for Drupal, when the bulk operation for changing Roles is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to edit user accounts and add arbitrary roles to the accounts by leveraging access to a user account listing view with VBO enabled.

Affected products

Views Bulk Operations Project Views Bulk Operations: 6.x-1.17, 6.x-1.x-dev, 7.x-3.0, 7.x-3.0-alpha1, 7.x-3.0-alpha2, 7.x-3.0-alpha3 (+7)

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/04/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75547
https://www.drupal.org/node/2516680
https://www.drupal.org/node/2516688
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/04/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75547
https://www.drupal.org/node/2516680
https://www.drupal.org/node/2516688

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