CVE-2022-25270 Incorrect authorization in Drupal core

What is CVE-2022-25270?

CVE-2022-25270 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 16 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Quick Edit module does not properly check entity access in some circumstances. This could result in users with the "access in-place editing" permission viewing some content they are are not authorized to access. Sites are only affected if the QuickEdit module (which comes with the Standard profile) is installed.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25270?

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

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25270?

Upgrade drupal/core to a fixed version for your release line: 9.2.13 or 9.3.6.

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

Is CVE-2022-25270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-drupal-2022-25270, DRUPAL-CORE-2022-004, GHSA-73q4-j324-2qcc.