Access security bypass in Drupal - CVE-2016-7571

 

Access security bypass in Drupal - CVE-2016-7571

Published: September 27, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU666
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7571
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Drupal
Affected software:
Drupal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to change comment visibility settings.
The weakness exists due to acces bypass error that leads to comments visibility modification.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows a remote user to modify visibility of comments.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-7571

Update to 8.1.10.

Sources