Attack 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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ExploitRequest verification-gated endpoint
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ExecutionFollow alternate path bypassing OTP/email/SMS check
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ImpactObtain unverified access to protected function
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Alternate path authentication
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| Exploitation Conditions | The affected Drupal site must have the Email Verification / SMS Verification / OTP Verification contrib module installed and enabled at a version in the range 0.0.0 through below 2.4.0, and must rely on that module to gate access or actions. Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), no authentication, no user interaction, and no special non-default configuration is indicated as a prerequisite - exploitation is remote and unauthenticated. The limiting factors are therefore scope rather than access: only sites that deploy this specific contrib module and depend on it as a verification control are exposed, and the realistic impact is bounded (CVSS C:L/I:L/A:N) to bypassing the verification step rather than full system compromise. The exact trigger (how the alternate path is reached) is not described in the available sources. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity authentication bypass (CVSS 6.5) in a Drupal contrib module, and the multiple decision signals converge on a non-urgent priority. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring no privileges or user interaction, but impact is capped at C:L/I:L/A:N (partial, not total compromise), consistent with CWE-288 (authentication bypass via alternate path). The corroborating signals all point the same way rather than conflicting: EPSS is low at 0.19% (8th percentile), SSVC reports Exploitation=none, Automatable=no, and Technical Impact=partial, and the vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now or emergency). There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit reference in the input. The consistency across EPSS, SSVC, and the absence of KEV/POC indicates this is a genuine-but-not-emergency issue: real because exploitation is unauthenticated and low-complexity against a security control (identity verification), but not a widespread active threat. The main caveat is mechanism: the description names the weakness class (alternate path/channel) but not the concrete trigger, so the practical ease of bypass cannot be fully verified from the available sources. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker interacts with a Drupal site running the Email/SMS/OTP Verification module and reaches a protected account or action through an alternate path that skips the verification step the module is meant to enforce, obtaining access or completing an action without passing OTP/email/SMS validation. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, this requires only network access to the application with no credentials or user interaction. No public exploit code is identified in the available data, and the exact trigger is not described in the sources. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 22, 2026
Authentication bypass in the Drupal contrib module Email Verification / SMS Verification / OTP Verification (versions 0.0.0 through below 2.4.0) allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to skip the verification step the module is meant to enforce, with CVSS 3.1 scored 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, C:L/I:L/A:N). Only Drupal sites that actually install and enable this contrib module - and rely on it as an access or action gate - are exposed, and the realistic impact is bounded to bypassing that check rather than full site compromise. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, CISA KEV does not list the issue, SSVC rates exploitation as none with partial technical impact, and EPSS is 0.19% (8th percentile), so the available decision signals converge on a this-month, non-emergency remediation priority. A vendor patch is available.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update the Email Verification / SMS Verification / OTP Verification contrib module to version 2.4.0, the release that closes the affected 0.0.0 to below 2.4.0 range, following Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-124 (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-124) for the exact package and update instructions; the same advisory is the authoritative source for confirming which routes were affected. Because exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction, patching should not wait for evidence of attack activity even though current signals (no KEV listing, SSVC exploitation none, EPSS 0.19%) indicate a this-month rather than emergency cadence. If the update cannot be applied immediately, the module can be disabled or uninstalled to remove the exposed code path entirely - the trade-off is that the site loses the email/SMS/OTP verification control it currently depends on, so any workflows or access rules that rely on that verification must be replaced or gated another way for the interim. Sites that do not use the module need no action.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified as CWE-288, Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel, in a third-party Drupal (PHP) module that provides email, SMS and one-time-password verification. CWE-288 describes a case where protected functionality is reachable through a route, endpoint or channel the developer did not intend to be subject to the check, so the verification gate can be sidestepped without forging credentials or possessing valid OTP material. Per the assessed CVSS vector the attack surface is network-reachable with no privileges and no user interaction required. The underlying Drupal module code, its routes/controllers and any verification-state handling are the relevant technology layer; how the alternate path is actually reached (which route, parameter or state condition is abused) is not described in the available sources, so the precise trigger should be confirmed against the vendor advisory and the module's diff. Exposure is scoped to sites that have the contrib module enabled and that depend on it as a security control; sites without the module are unaffected.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Authentication bypass is reachable remotely with no credentials or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact is partial confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L) with no availability effect, matching a verification-control bypass.
Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).
CVSS VectorVendor: drupal
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal Email Verification / SMS Verification / OTP Verification allows Authentication Bypass. This issue affects Email Verification / SMS Verification / OTP Verification versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.4.0.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-107875
GHSA-p8c3-wh64-8w7c
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB