CVE-2007-5597 Information

Description

The hook_comments API in Drupal 4.7.x before 4.7.8 and 5.x before 5.3 does not pass publication status which might allow attackers to bypass access restrictions and trigger e-mail with unpublished comments from some modules as demonstrated by (1) Organic groups and (2) Subscriptions.

Reference

http://drupal.org/node/184354 http://secunia.com/advisories/27292 http://secunia.com/advisories/27352 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26119 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3546 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37296 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00328.html