CVE-2007-5593
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
install.php in Drupal 5.x before 5.3, when the configured database server is not reachable, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that cause settings.php to be modified.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5568)
- Published
- October 19, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5568 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- drupal / drupal
- fedoraproject / fedora
References
- http://drupal.org/files/sa-2007-025/SA-2007-025-5.2.patch(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://drupal.org/node/184316(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/39648(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27290(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27352(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26119(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37265(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00328.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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