CVE-2017-6924GHSA-P8G6-5MG7-9R5Q
REST API can bypass comment approval - Access Bypass - Moderately Critical
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 8.3.7
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Drupal Drupal Core
From Drupal 8 · fixed in 8.3.7
- drupal/corePackagist
From 8.0 · fixed in 8.3.7
- drupal/drupalPackagist
From 8.0 · fixed in 8.3.7