There is a current IT security warning for Drupal plugins. Here you can find out which vulnerabilities are involved, which products are affected and what you can do.
The Federal Office for Security in der Informationstechnik (BSI) published a security notice for Drupal plugins on March 2nd, 2023. The notification lists several vulnerabilities that allow an attack. The operating systems UNIX, Linux and Windows as well as the open source product Drupal are affected by the vulnerability.
The latest manufacturer recommendations regarding updates, workarounds and security patches for this vulnerability can be found here: Drupal Security Advisory (Status: 03/01/2023). Other useful sources are listed later in this article.
Several vulnerabilities for Drupal plugins reported – risk: medium
Risk level: 3 (medium)
CVSS Base Score: 7,5
CVSS Temporal Score: 6,5
Remoteangriff: Ja
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is used to assess the severity of security vulnerabilities in computer systems. The CVSS standard makes it possible to compare potential or actual security vulnerabilities based on various criteria in order to create a priority list based on this for initiating countermeasures. The attributes “none”, “low”, “medium”, “high” and “critical” are used for the severity of a vulnerability. The base score assesses the prerequisites for an attack (including authentication, complexity, privileges, user interaction) and its consequences. With the temporal score, framework conditions that change over time are included in the evaluation. The risk of the vulnerability discussed here is classified as “medium” according to the CVSS with a base score of 7.5.
Drupal Plugins Bug: Summary of known vulnerabilities
Drupal is a free content management system based on the scripting language PHP and an SQL database. The range of functions of the core installation can be expanded individually using numerous extensions.
A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit several vulnerabilities in Drupal plugins to perform a cross-site scripting attack, disclose information, and bypass security protections.
Systems affected by the vulnerability at a glance
operating systems
UNIX, Linux, Windows
Products
Open Source Drupal plugins (cpe:/a:drupal:drupal)
General measures to deal with IT vulnerabilities
-
Users of the affected applications should keep them up to date. When security gaps become known, manufacturers are required to remedy them as quickly as possible by developing a patch or a workaround. If new security updates are available, install them promptly.
-
For information, consult the sources listed in the next section. These often contain further information on the latest version of the software in question and the availability of security patches or tips on workarounds.
-
If you have any further questions or are uncertain, please contact your responsible administrator. IT security managers should regularly check when the manufacturing company makes a new security update available.
Sources for updates, patches and workarounds
At this point there are further links with information about bug reports, security fixes and workarounds.
Drupal Security Advisory vom 2023-03-01 (02.03.2023)
For more information, see: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2023-006
Drupal Security Advisory vom 2023-03-01 (02.03.2023)
For more information, see: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2023-007
Drupal Security Advisory vom 2023-03-01 (02.03.2023)
For more information, see: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2023-008
Version history of this security alert
This is the initial version of this IT Security Notice for Drupal Plugins. As updates are announced, this text will be updated. You can understand the changes made using the following version history.
03/02/2023 – Initial version
+++ Editorial note: This text was created with AI support based on current BSI data. We accept feedback and comments at [email protected]. +++
follow News.de already at Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube? Here you will find the latest news, the latest videos and the direct line to the editors.
roj/news.de