Security restrictions bypass in Drupal - CVE-2017-6924

 

Security restrictions bypass in Drupal - CVE-2017-6924

Published: August 16, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7962
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6924
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Drupal
Affected software:
Drupal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to views.

The vulnerability exists due to a design error within RESTful Web Services (rest) module. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use REST API functionality to publish comments without approval.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to post unauthorized comments.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-6924

Update to version 8.3.7.

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