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Drupal: CVE-2017-6921 : File REST resource does not properly validate - SA-CORE-2017-003

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Drupal: CVE-2017-6921 : File REST resource does not properly validate - SA-CORE-2017-003

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/02/2017
Modified
03/26/2019

Description

In Drupal 8 prior to 8.3.4; The file REST resource does not properly validate some fields when manipulating files. A site is only affected by this if the site has the RESTful Web Services (rest) module enabled, the file REST resource is enabled and allows PATCH requests, and an attacker can get or register a user account on the site with permissions to upload files and to modify the file resource.

Solution(s)

  • drupal-cve-2017-6921

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