CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6924
7.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
In Drupal 8 prior to 8.3.7; When using the REST API, users without the correct permission can post comments via REST that are approved even if the user does not have permission to post approved comments. This issue only affects sites that have the RESTful Web Services (rest) module enabled, the comment entity REST resource enabled, and where an attacker can access a user account on the site with permissions to post comments, or where anonymous users can post comments.
Affected configurations
• drupal drupal (>= 8.0.0 < 8.3.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100368 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039200 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.drupal.org/forum/newsletters/security-advisories-for-drupal-core/2017-08-16/drupal-core-multiple Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100368 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039200 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.drupal.org/forum/newsletters/security-advisories-for-drupal-core/2017-08-16/drupal-core-multiple Mitigation, Vendor Advisory