CVE-2017-6924 is an access bypass vulnerability affecting Drupal 8 versions prior to 8.3.7. It allows unprivileged users to post approved comments via the REST API, even if they lack the necessary permissions, provided the RESTful Web Services module and comment entity REST resource are enabled. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.4, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality and integrity, but high attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.0.0, < 8.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.