CVE-2017-6924

REST API can bypass comment approval - Access Bypass - Moderately Critical

published January 15, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02102 · 81.5th percentile
Published
2019-01-15T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 JAN 20:00Z
    REST API can bypass comment approval - Access Bypass - Moderately Critical
    cvelistv5