Is CVE-2008-2271 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2271 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2271?

CVE-2008-2271 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-2271

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD

The Site Documentation Drupal module 5.x before 5.x-1.8 and 6.x before 6.x-1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges of other users by leveraging the "access content" permission to list tables and obtain session IDs from the database.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
EPSS score: 2.0% (81th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2268)
Published: May 16, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2268 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

site documentation project / site documentation

References

http://drupal.org/node/258547(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30257(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29242(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1541/references(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42453(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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