Vulnerability advisory
GHSA-p8g6-5mg7-9r5q
Drupal REST API can bypass comment approval
Also known as CVE-2017-6924
Severity
- CVSS 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected versions
drupal/core Packagist
All drupal/core advisories →Description
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.
References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6924 ↗
- Webgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2017-6924.yaml ↗
- Webgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2017-6924.yaml ↗
- Packagegithub.com/drupal/core ↗
- Webwww.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2017-004 ↗
- Webwww.drupal.org/forum/newsletters/security-advisories-for-drupal-core/2017-08-16/drupal-core-multiple ↗
- Webwww.securityfocus.com/bid/100368 ↗
- Webwww.securitytracker.com/id/1039200 ↗