CVE-2016-7570 Drupal Users without "Administer comments" can set comment visibility on nodes they can edit

What is CVE-2016-7570?

CVE-2016-7570 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 3 Oct 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Drupal 8.x before 8.1.10 does not properly check for "Administer comments" permission, which allows remote authenticated users to set the visibility of comments for arbitrary nodes by leveraging rights to edit those nodes.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7570?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including drupal/core and drupal/drupal. It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7570?

Upgrade drupal/core to 8.1.10 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2016-7570 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7570 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as GHSA-6g9h-6v79-w4pc.