Drupal CMS up to 8.3.6 REST API privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Drupal CMS up to 8.3.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component REST API. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-6924. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal CMS up to 8.3.6 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component REST API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 08/16/2017. The weakness was released 08/16/2017 by Max as SA-CORE-2017-004 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at drupal.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-6924 since 03/16/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102615 (FreeBSD : drupal -- Drupal Core - Multiple Vulnerabilities (473b6a9e-8493-11e7-b24b-6cf0497db129)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11852 (Drupal Core Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (SA-CORE-2017-004)).

Upgrading to version 8.3.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (102615), SecurityFocus (BID 100368†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039200†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-105610 and VDB-105612. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Partially
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 102615
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : drupal -- Drupal Core - Multiple Vulnerabilities (473b6a9e-8493-11e7-b24b-6cf0497db129)
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OpenVAS ID: 801842
OpenVAS Name: Drupal Core Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA-CORE-2017-004) (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 8.3.7

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: drupal.org

Advisory: SA-CORE-2017-004
Researcher: Max
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6924 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6924
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105611
SecurityFocus: 100368 - Drupal Core DRUPAL-SA-CORE-2017-004 Multiple Access Bypass Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039200

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/20/2017 21:17
Updated: 12/16/2022 09:03
Changes: 08/20/2017 21:17 (80), 11/09/2019 09:44 (6), 01/09/2021 19:20 (2), 01/09/2021 19:23 (1), 12/16/2022 09:03 (12)
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