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Acquia DAM CVE-2025-9954

HIGH
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2025-10-30 mlhess@drupal.org
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: drupal
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach Drupal site over network
  2. Exploit
    Enumerate unprotected DAM asset endpoints
  3. Execution
    Request restricted resource directly
  4. Impact
    Retrieve protected assets without authorization

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the vulnerable Acquia DAM module (any version from 0.0.0 up to but not including 1.1.5) be installed and enabled on a network-reachable Drupal site, with DAM-managed assets or endpoints that are intended to be access-controlled. Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), no authentication, no user interaction, and no special non-default configuration are stated as required - a remote unauthenticated attacker can directly request resources the authorization layer fails to protect. The practical limiting factors are: the site must run an affected pre-1.1.5 version of this specific module, and the impact is confined to unauthorized disclosure of assets/resources (C:H, I:N, A:N) - no modification or service disruption. Sites already upgraded to 1.1.5 or without the module installed are not exposed.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-priority issue rather than a critical emergency. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N = 7.5 HIGH) indicates remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity access with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact - consistent with a Missing Authorization / Forceful Browsing flaw (CWE-862) that exposes restricted assets. The EPSS score is low at 0.31% (22nd percentile), indicating a low modeled probability of exploitation in the near term. The CVE is NOT listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code was identified in the provided data, so there is no evidence of active exploitation. These signals are internally consistent: a high-CVSS confidentiality issue that is easy to trigger in principle, but with no current exploitation momentum. No SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so automatable/technical-impact framing cannot be independently derived. The main divergence worth noting is between the high CVSS base score and the low EPSS/absence of KEV - this points to a real but not widely-weaponized data-exposure bug. Confidentiality-only impact (I:N/A:N) means an attacker could read/retrieve protected digital assets but not modify data or disrupt service.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker enumerates or guesses URLs/endpoints exposed by the Acquia DAM Drupal module and directly requests protected digital assets or administrative/asset resources that should require authorization, retrieving them without any credentials (forceful browsing). Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, this requires only network access to the site and no user interaction. No public proof-of-concept was identified in the provided data.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Missing authorization in the Acquia DAM module for Drupal (all versions from 0.0.0 up to but not including 1.1.5) lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker bypass access controls and retrieve DAM-managed assets and protected resources by requesting them directly - classic forceful browsing against endpoints the module fails to guard. Per the CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), no credentials, user interaction, or non-default configuration are stated as required, but impact is confined to unauthorized disclosure with no modification or denial of service. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is low at 0.31% (22nd percentile), and the vendor-released patch is version 1.1.5 (Drupal SA-CONTRIB-2025-105).

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released patch by upgrading the Acquia DAM Drupal module to version 1.1.5 or later, following Drupal SA-CONTRIB-2025-105 (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-105); this is the only complete fix and should be prioritized on any internet-reachable Drupal site with the module enabled. If immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to temporarily disable/uninstall the Acquia DAM module, at the cost of losing DAM asset integration features. Alternatively, restrict access to the module's DAM asset and callback routes at the web server, reverse proxy, or WAF layer (deny or require authentication for those paths), but note this is brittle - it depends on correctly enumerating every affected route and may break legitimate asset delivery. Because exploitation is unauthenticated and network-based, also review web logs for direct requests to DAM endpoint paths as an indicator of attempted forceful browsing, and confirm no sensitive assets were exposed before patching.

Affected Packages

composer drupal/acquia_dam fix: 1.1.5

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in composer

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerable component is the Acquia DAM contributed module for Drupal, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:acquia:dam:*:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:*, a digital asset management integration that exposes Drupal routes and callbacks for accessing managed media. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the module's route/access-control layer does not enforce the permission checks that are supposed to gate its resources, so Drupal's normal menu/route access callback protection is effectively absent for those paths. Because Drupal routes are directly addressable by URL, an attacker can perform forceful browsing - requesting the underlying endpoint paths directly rather than navigating through the UI that would otherwise hide or gate them - and read resources that should require authorization. The CVSS vector confirms network reachability with no privileges (PR:N) and no interaction (UI:N), making this a straightforward unauthenticated information-disclosure path against any site running an affected module version.

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Severity by source

Vendor (drupal) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Missing authorization permits remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity direct access to protected assets, yielding high confidentiality impact only; no integrity or availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).

CVSS VectorVendor: drupal

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Acquia DAM allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects Acquia DAM: from 0.0.0 before 1.1.5.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

The Acquia DAM module for Drupal, in all versions before 1.1.5, can expose protected digital assets and DAM-managed resources to remote unauthenticated users who request them directly. This affects any organization running an affected Drupal site, potentially disclosing licensed, proprietary, or otherwise restricted marketing and media content, which can create contractual, brand, and compliance exposure. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the vendor has released version 1.1.5 and leadership should prioritize remediation across all affected environments.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
Specific Acquia commercial DAM integration module for Drupal; niche footprint
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:acquia:dam:*:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:*

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