Improper access control in Drupal - CVE-2020-13670

 

Improper access control in Drupal - CVE-2020-13670

Published: September 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46771
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13670
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions within the File module when displacing file metadata. A remote attacker can guess file identifier and view potentially sensitive information.


Affected software

Drupal
Fedora
drupal8

How to mitigate CVE-2020-13670

Install updates from vendor's website.

Drupal - addressed in versions 8.8.10, 8.9.6, 9.0.6
drupal8 - addressed in versions 8.9.11-1.fc32, 8.9.11-1.fc33

External References

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