CVE-2017-6924

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6924
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-15 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Drupal Drupal All All All All
Application Drupal Drupal All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Drupal Core DRUPAL-SA-CORE-2017-004 Multiple Access Bypass Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Drupal Core - Multiple Vulnerabilities - SA-CORE-2017-004 | Drupal.org CONFIRM www.drupal.org Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Drupal Access Control Flaws Let Remote Authenticated Users Bypass Security Restrictions on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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