GHSA-3327-jr93-7hq3 CVE-2017-6930
Drupal access bypass vulnerability
- Severity
- 8.1 / 10
- High · CVSS 3.0
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 1.29%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 70.15% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Fix
- Available
- 2 packages have a fixed version
Description
In Drupal versions 8.4.x versions before 8.4.5 when using node access controls with a multilingual site, Drupal marks the untranslated version of a node as the default fallback for access queries. This fallback is used for languages that do not yet have a translated version of the created node. This can result in an access bypass vulnerability. This issue is mitigated by the fact that it only applies to sites that a) use the Content Translation module; and b) use a node access module such as Domain Access which implement hook_node_access_records().
Affected versions
Packagist
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| drupal/core | >= 8.4.0, < 8.4.5 |
8.4.5 |
| drupal/drupal | >= 8.4.0, < 8.4.5 |
8.4.5 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
drupal/core Packagist → 8.4.5
- composer
composer require drupal/core:^8.4.5
drupal/drupal Packagist → 8.4.5
- composer
composer require drupal/drupal:^8.4.5
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.0 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Weakness
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design, Operation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
- Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
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|---|---|---|
| DRUPAL-CORE-2026-004 Drupal Core has a SQL Injection issue | Critical Known exploited | Also affects drupal/core |
| CVE-2020-28949 Multiple vulnerabilities through filename manipulation in Archive_Tar | High Known exploited | Also affects drupal/core |
| CVE-2020-13671 Drupal core Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | High Known exploited | Also affects drupal/core |
| CVE-2019-6340 Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | High Known exploited | Also affects drupal/core |
| CVE-2018-7602 Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical Known exploited | Also affects drupal/core |
| CVE-2018-7600 Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical Known exploited | Also affects drupal/core |
| DRUPAL-CORE-2026-016 The Navigation module doesn't sufficiently sanitize certain attributes, which can lead to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. | Not rated yet | Also affects drupal/core |
| DRUPAL-CORE-2026-015 The Drupal core Link module provides a field type that can be used for internal and external URLs. | Not rated yet | Also affects drupal/core |
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