Drupal up to 7.51/8.2.2 Taxonomy information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Drupal up to 7.51/8.2.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Taxonomy Module. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-9449. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Drupal up to 7.51/8.2.2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Taxonomy Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The taxonomy module in Drupal 7.x before 7.52 and 8.x before 8.2.3 might allow remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information about taxonomy terms by leveraging inconsistent naming of access query tags.

The bug was discovered 11/16/2016. The weakness was shared 11/25/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-9449 since 11/18/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95417 (Fedora 23 : drupal7 (2016-ff9a74c6dc)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 276226 (Fedora Security Update for drupal7 (FEDORA-2016-95b1be8a3d)).

Upgrading to version 7.52 or 8.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (95417) and SecurityFocus (BID 94367†). The entries VDB-93830, VDB-93831 and VDB-93832 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 95417
Nessus Name: Fedora 23 : drupal7 (2016-ff9a74c6dc)
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OpenVAS ID: 881768
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for drupal7 FEDORA-2016-95b1be8a3d
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Drupal 7.52/8.2.3

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11/16/2016 🔍
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11/18/2016 +2 days 🔍
11/25/2016 +7 days 🔍
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11/27/2016 +2 days 🔍
11/29/2016 +2 days 🔍
12/01/2016 +2 days 🔍
10/04/2022 +2133 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-ff9a74c6dc⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-9449 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9449
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93829

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SecurityFocus: 94367 - Drupal Core Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/27/2016 09:59
Updated: 10/04/2022 14:22
Changes: 11/27/2016 09:59 (68), 06/10/2019 16:08 (14), 10/04/2022 14:22 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:9F2:103

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