CVE-2012-2057
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Ubercart Bulk Stock Updater module for Drupal allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors related to formAPI.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThis is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Ubercart Bulk Stock Updater module for Drupal. The vulnerability exists in the formAPI implementation, allowing remote attackers to craft malicious requests that can hijack the authentication of authenticated users by tricking their browsers into submitting forged requests to the vulnerable Drupal site.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Ubercart Bulk Stock Updater moduleSearch the Drupal modules directory for a folder named 'ubercart_bulk_stock_updater' or similar bulk stock related module filesAffected if The module folder exists in the Drupal installation
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Verify the module is enabledCheck Drupal's system table or module administration interface to confirm the bulk stock updater module is in the 'enabled' stateAffected if The module is listed as enabled in Drupal
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Inspect the form implementation for CSRF protectionExamine the module's form definition code (typically in .module file) and look for presence of 'form_token' in the form array and token validation in the form submission handlerAffected if No form_token element is defined in the form array or no token validation is performed in the submission handler
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Check formAPI implementationReview the form builder function for the bulk stock update form and verify if it includes a call to drupal_get_token() or form_token validationAffected if The form lacks token generation and validation logic
The environment is affected if the Ubercart Bulk Stock Updater module is installed and enabled, and its form implementation does not include anti-CSRF token validation in the form definition and submission handler.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (form tokens) in all forms within the Bulk Stock Updater module and validate these tokens on form submission to ensure requests originate from legitimate user sessions.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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