Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify Drupal site running Paragraphs module
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DeliveryEnumerate paragraph entity IDs or endpoint paths
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ExploitSend unauthenticated HTTP request to restricted paragraph URL
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactRead or modify unauthorized paragraph content
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 | No special conditions are required at the network or authentication layer - the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms unauthenticated remote exploitation against any Drupal site running Paragraphs versions 0.0.0 through 1.20.x. The limiting factor is attacker knowledge of valid paragraph entity IDs or URL paths, which constrains exploitation to discovery-capable attackers (enumerable sequential IDs are common in Drupal). Impact is bounded to the paragraph content layer (C:L/I:L): attackers can read or potentially modify paragraph content items without authorization but cannot escalate to full administrative control based on available data. The Paragraphs module must be installed and active; Drupal sites that do not use the Paragraphs module are not affected. |
| Impact | The CVSS 6.5 base score with AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N reflects a straightforward, unauthenticated, remotely exploitable missing-authorization flaw - a real and legitimate concern. However, multiple converging signals cap the actual urgency: EPSS at 0.13% (3rd percentile) indicates very low observed exploitation probability across the threat landscape, SSVC classifies exploitation status as none, and no CISA KEV listing or public proof-of-concept code has been identified. The SSVC automatable:yes rating is the primary escalating signal - if mass-exploitation interest emerged, scripted scanning and exploitation would be trivial, raising exposure for all unpatched sites simultaneously. Impact is bounded by C:L/I:L/A:N, meaning attackers may read or modify paragraph content they are not authorized to access but cannot achieve full site compromise based on available data. Overall assessment: a genuine vulnerability warranting scheduled patching within normal maintenance cycles, but not emergency response, for most organizations absent evidence of active exploitation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker enumerates paragraph entity IDs or paths on a target Drupal site using sequential integer IDs or knowledge of Drupal's internal URL structure (e.g., /paragraph/{id}), then submits direct HTTP GET or POST requests to those paths. Because no authorization check is performed, the server returns or processes the paragraph content regardless of the requester's identity or role. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified, but the low complexity and automatable nature of the attack means it could be scripted across large numbers of Drupal sites simultaneously. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 13, 2026
Missing authorization in the Drupal Paragraphs contributed module (all versions through 1.20.x) enables unauthenticated remote attackers to perform forceful browsing - directly accessing paragraph entity URLs or endpoints without passing any authorization check. The CVSS vector (PR:N/AC:L/AV:N) confirms exploitation requires no credentials against default-configured Drupal sites running the affected module. Despite an automatable attack surface, SSVC rates exploitation as none, EPSS sits at 0.13% (3rd percentile), and no active exploitation is confirmed; a vendor patch is available via Drupal SA-contrib-2026-061.
RemediationAI
Update the Drupal Paragraphs module to version 1.21.0 or later, the vendor-released patch documented in Drupal SA-contrib-2026-061 at https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-061. If immediate patching is not possible, restrict anonymous and low-privileged user roles to the minimum necessary permissions in Drupal's People > Permissions configuration, which reduces the surface for unauthorized paragraph content access. Enforcing WAF or web server access controls on Drupal's entity and JSON:API paths for unauthenticated requests is an additional compensating control, though this may interfere with public content rendering that legitimately serves paragraph data. Disabling the Paragraphs module entirely eliminates exposure but will break any content that relies on paragraph fields. The vendor-released patch at version 1.21.0 is the definitive fix; no specific fix version beyond 1.21.0 is needed.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Drupal Paragraphs (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:drupal:paragraphs) is a widely-used contributed module enabling component-based, structured content authoring on Drupal CMS installations. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the module fails to enforce access control on one or more paragraph entity endpoints or URL paths, permitting direct object reference access - a class of flaw known as Forceful Browsing - where an attacker navigates directly to a resource URL the application never intended to expose without checking whether the requestor holds the required permission. Because the flaw sits in the HTTP request-handling layer (AV:N, AC:L), it requires no special network position or protocol manipulation. The S:U scope indicates the unauthorized access is bounded within the Drupal application context and does not cross a security boundary to affect other systems.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable endpoint, no credentials or interaction needed; C:L/I:L reflects partial paragraph content read/write without full site compromise; no availability impact identified.
Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).
CVSS VectorVendor: drupal
Lifecycle Timeline
6DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Paragraphs allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Paragraphs versions: from 0.0.0 to 1.21.0.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-43065
GHSA-83x2-c529-vx4j
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB