Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged Drupal user
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DeliveryInject script into unsanitized SafeDelete field
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ExploitPayload stored server-side
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ExecutionVictim/admin views affected page
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PersistScript executes in victim browser
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ImpactSteal session or act as victim
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires (1) a Drupal site running SafeDelete between 0.0.0 and 1.0.88, (2) an attacker holding a low-privileged authenticated account that can submit input into the affected SafeDelete field (PR:L - unauthenticated anonymous users cannot exploit this), and (3) a second user, typically an administrator or content reviewer, subsequently loading the page where the payload is rendered (UI:R). These two prerequisites - authenticated write access plus required victim interaction - are the principal limiting factors and meaningfully reduce real-world risk below what the network attack vector alone implies. The available sources do not name the exact field, form, or SafeDelete feature that fails to neutralize the input, so the precise injection point should be confirmed from the Drupal advisory. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity stored Cross-Site Scripting flaw (CWE-79) in the Drupal SafeDelete contributed module, rated CVSS 4.6. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) indicates network reach but constrained real-world impact: PR:L means the attacker must already hold a low-privileged authenticated account on the site, UI:R means a victim must view the page where the payload is stored, and C:L/I:L/A:N limits impact to partial confidentiality/integrity with no availability effect. The exploitation signals reinforce low urgency rather than contradict it: EPSS is 0.16% (5th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit was identified at time of analysis. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month,' consistent with a patch-when-convenient posture rather than emergency remediation. No signals conflict here - a low EPSS, absent KEV, and a mid-range CVSS all point the same way. The main caveat is that stored XSS against an administrative user can escalate beyond the C:L/I:L rating if the injected script hijacks an admin session, so the practical impact depends on which user roles can reach the injection point; the available sources do not specify that, so it should be verified against the Drupal advisory. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged authenticated user on a Drupal site running a vulnerable SafeDelete version submits input containing a malicious script into a field that is not properly sanitized before being rendered. The payload is stored and later executes in the browser of another user - typically an administrator reviewing the content - allowing session token theft or actions in that victim's context. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and successful exploitation requires the victim to load the affected page (UI:R). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 22, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the Drupal SafeDelete contributed module (versions 0.0.0 through 1.0.88) allows a low-privileged authenticated user to persist malicious markup that executes in the browser of a second user - typically an administrator or content reviewer - who later loads the page where the unneutralized input is rendered. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) rates this 4.6, a moderate severity: exploitation requires an authenticated account able to write into the affected SafeDelete field plus victim interaction, which meaningfully lowers real-world risk below what the network vector alone suggests. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS is 0.16% (5th percentile); the vendor has published a security advisory and a fix is available.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: available from the Drupal project; update the SafeDelete contributed module to the fixed release identified in Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-140 (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-140) and confirm against EUVD's range statement (0.0.0 <1.0.88) and the CVE text (0.0.0 to 1.0.88) before treating any specific version as the fixed boundary - the advisory is authoritative. Treat this as a this-month priority item per current prioritization rather than an emergency release: no public exploit code has been identified and EPSS is 0.16%. Where an immediate update is not possible, the exploitable prerequisites themselves can be removed: because exploitation requires a low-privileged authenticated account that can submit input into the affected SafeDelete field, restrict write access to that field and to the SafeDelete administrative surfaces to trusted, minimal roles and audit existing content authored by untrusted accounts for stored markup - this reduces exposure but does not repair the missing output encoding, so updating remains the complete fix. Reviewing and re-saving previously stored content helps only in combination with the patched module.
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
The flaw is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), the classic stored/persistent XSS class, in the SafeDelete contributed module for Drupal, a PHP-based content management system whose contributed modules extend core content lifecycle behavior. In this class of defect, user-supplied input is written to storage and later emitted into an HTML page without adequate encoding or sanitization, so the payload is served from the trusted origin and executes in the context of any user viewing that output. Affected code is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:drupal:safedelete:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering the SafeDelete module across its released versions up to the range boundary given in the advisory data. The available sources do not name the exact field, form, or SafeDelete feature that fails to neutralize the input, so the trigger and the precise injection point should be confirmed from the Drupal security advisory (SA-CONTRIB-2026-140) rather than inferred from the vulnerability class.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Authenticated low-privileged user injects stored script (PR:L), a victim must view the page (UI:R), yielding partial confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).
CVSS VectorVendor: drupal
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting") vulnerability in Drupal SafeDelete allows Stored XSS. This issue affects SafeDelete versions: from 0.0.0 to 1.0.88.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
EUVD-2026-107859
GHSA-3cfc-vppv-prxq
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB