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CVE-2008-6170 is a Drupal book-page title XSS issue. An authenticated user with specific book content or hierarchy permissions could place script or HTML in a title, potentially affecting users who view the page. The issue is limited to older Drupal 5.x and 6.x releases named in the sources. Exposure is most likely in legacy Drupal 5.x sites below 5.12 or Drupal 6.x sites below 6.6 that use book pages and grant the named permissions to authenticated users. The bundle does not identify affected distributions beyond Drupal references and Fedora package advisories. Treat this as a targeted legacy-platform cleanup item. It is not KEV-listed and requires authentication, but exposed outdated Drupal sites with broad content permissions can turn ordinary accounts into a browser-side compromise path. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Drupal 5.x installations to 5.12 or a later vendor-supported release.; Upgrade Drupal 6.x installations to 6.6 or a later vendor-supported release.; Restrict create book content and edit node book hierarchy permissions to trusted roles..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- drupal-book-page-xss(46052)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- FEDORA-2008-9170CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2008-9213CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
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