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CVE-2017-6919

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6919 describes a critical access bypass vulnerability affecting Drupal 8 versions prior to 8.2.8 and 8.3 prior to 8.3.1, specifically when the RESTful Web Services module is enabled and PATCH requests are permitted. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, though it requires authenticated access and has high attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha10:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha11:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha12:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha13:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.2.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.3.1
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.2.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.3.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-6hpj-9xj7-2jxxhigh

Drupal access control bypass vulnerability

May 13, 2022

References

drupal.org / SA-CORE-2017-002
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97941
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038371