Acquia DAM CVE-2025-9954
HIGHAttack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach Drupal site over network
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ExploitEnumerate unprotected DAM asset endpoints
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ExecutionRequest restricted resource directly
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ImpactRetrieve protected assets without authorization
Vulnerability Assessment
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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. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – 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
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
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Missing authorization permits remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity direct access to protected assets, yielding high confidentiality impact only; no integrity or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).
CVSS VectorVendor: drupal
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
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.
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Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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