CVE-2007-5416

Published: 12 October 2007

Drupal 5.2 and earlier does not properly unset variables when the input data includes a numeric parameter with a value matching an alphanumeric parameter's hash value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by invoking the drupal_eval function through a callback parameter to the default URI, as demonstrated by the _menu[callbacks][1][callback] parameter. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a bug in the unset PHP command (CVE-2006-3017) and the proper fix should be in PHP; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in Drupal.

Notes

Doubly unimportant. Requires register_globals, and a PHP
vulnerability that was fixed ages ago.

Status

References

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5416
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian