CVE-2008-6171
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
includes/bootstrap.inc in Drupal 5.x before 5.12 and 6.x before 6.6, when the server is configured for "IP-based virtual hosts," allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via the HTTP Host header.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6141)
- Published
- February 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6141 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
- drupal / drupal
References
- http://drupal.org/files/sa-2008-067/SA-2008-067-5.11.patch
- http://drupal.org/node/324824(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32389
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32441
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31900
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2913
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46049
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00783.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00826.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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