SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2017-6924

CVE-2017-6924 — In Drupal 8 prior to 8

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) modu

CVSS
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EPSS
0.49% (top 34.80%)
CWE
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Published
2019-01-15T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T16:57:56.911Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
DrupalDrupal CoreDrupal 8

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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