CVE-2025-31686 Open Social - Less critical - Access bypass, Information Disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2025-015

High 8.1 Published 31 Mar 2025 Updated 29 Apr 2025

Attackers can bypass authorization to access restricted information in Drupal Open Social via forceful browsing.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2025-31686?

CVE-2025-31686 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Drupal Open Social, published on 31 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Open Social allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects Open Social: from 0.0.0 before 12.3.11, from 12.4.0 before 12.4.10.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31686?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including goalgorilla/open_social. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`goalgorilla/open_social` Packagist	All versions	`12.3.11`
`goalgorilla/open_social` Packagist	All versions	`12.3.11`
`goalgorilla/open_social` Packagist	From `12.4.0`	`12.4.10`
`goalgorilla/open_social` Packagist	From `12.4.0`	`12.4.10`

Products include Getopensocial Open Social.

How do I fix CVE-2025-31686?

Upgrade goalgorilla/open_social to a fixed version for your release line: 12.3.11 or 12.4.10.

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

Is CVE-2025-31686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m9w8-wxvp-c9gv.