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CVE-2017-6922

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6922 is an access bypass vulnerability in Drupal core versions 7.x prior to 7.56 and 8.x prior to 8.3.4. It allowed all anonymous users to view private files uploaded by any anonymous user, instead of restricting access to the original uploader. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires a site to permit anonymous file uploads to a private file system. While exploit code is not publicly available via common sources, there is evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for spam campaigns, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0, < 7.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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: 7.56
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.3.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.3.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 7.56

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-58f3-cx8p-h8jgmedium

Drupal core access bypass vulnerability

May 13, 2022

References

debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3897
Third Party Advisory
drupal.org / forum/newsletters/security-advisories-for-drupal-core/2017-06-21/drupal-core-multiple
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99219
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038781
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry