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 via sequential HTTP requests
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ExploitSubmit unauthenticated GET to /paragraph/{id}
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ExecutionServer skips authorization check
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ImpactRetrieve restricted paragraph entity 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 | The target site must have the Drupal Paragraphs contributed module installed, enabled, and running a version below 1.21.0. No authentication is required - the CVSS PR:N vector and 'Authentication Bypass' tag confirm unauthenticated exploitation is possible. Exploitation is bounded to paragraph entity operations only: an attacker cannot leverage this flaw to escalate to Drupal admin, execute code, or access non-paragraph content unless paragraph entities themselves contain sensitive data. Sites where all paragraph content is already publicly accessible (e.g., fully public marketing sites) have no meaningful marginal exposure. The greatest risk applies to sites that store restricted, unpublished, or role-gated content in paragraph entities. |
| Impact | The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N) scores 6.5 Medium and reflects the worst-case scenario: a remote unauthenticated attacker with no interaction required. The SSVC assessment corroborates automatable exploitation with partial technical impact, but also reports Exploitation: none, indicating no observed exploitation activity. EPSS at 0.13% (3rd percentile) strongly reinforces the low probability of near-term opportunistic exploitation. The absence of a KEV listing and the lack of any reported POC further reduce urgency. The primary real-world risk is unauthorized read or modification of paragraph entity content in Drupal sites - a meaningful confidentiality and integrity concern for sites hosting sensitive structured content, but not a code execution or privilege escalation path. Priority should be moderate: patch promptly in production, but this is not an emergency requiring out-of-cycle response. Sites where paragraph content is publicly accessible already may have near-zero marginal risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker enumerates paragraph entity IDs on a target Drupal site (IDs are typically sequential integers) by sending HTTP GET requests to /paragraph/{id} or equivalent paragraph entity routes. Because the authorization check is absent in affected versions, the server returns the paragraph content regardless of the requester's session state or role. The attacker extracts restricted editorial content - such as unpublished draft paragraphs, internal communications, or embargoed material - without any credentials. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 13, 2026
Forceful Browsing via missing authorization (CWE-862) in the Drupal Paragraphs contributed module allows remote unauthenticated users to access paragraph entities they are not authorized to view or modify, bypassing the CMS access control layer entirely. All Paragraphs releases from 0.0.0 up to but not including 1.21.0 are affected, per vendor advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-060. Despite being automatable per SSVC analysis and network-exploitable with no privileges required, real-world exploitation risk is low: EPSS sits at 0.13% (3rd percentile), no public exploit code has been identified, and CISA has not added this to KEV.
RemediationAI
Upgrade the Drupal Paragraphs contributed module to version 1.21.0 or later, which contains the vendor-released patch as documented in Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-060 (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-060). This is the primary and recommended fix. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, a compensating control is to restrict direct access to paragraph entity routes at the web server or reverse proxy layer - for example, blocking URL patterns corresponding to paragraph entity canonical and preview paths (typically /paragraph/{id}) for unauthenticated requests via nginx or Apache access rules. This limits the Forceful Browsing surface but may break legitimate editorial preview workflows, so test before applying in production. Drupal's permissions system can also be hardened by auditing the 'access content' and custom paragraph view permissions for anonymous and authenticated roles to reduce exposure while a patch window is scheduled.
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 Paragraphs module (cpe:2.3:a:drupal:paragraphs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is one of the most widely deployed Drupal contributed modules, enabling editors to construct flexible, reusable content components (paragraphs) that attach to content nodes. It introduces its own entity type with its own access control requirements. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) indicates that one or more operations on paragraph entities - likely preview, view, or edit endpoints - omit the authorization gate entirely rather than implementing a flawed one. The Forceful Browsing technique exploits this by directly navigating to a known or guessable paragraph entity URL, which the framework serves without verifying whether the requestor has rights to that resource. This is distinct from an authentication bypass: the session layer may function normally, but the authorization layer for paragraph operations is absent.
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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 paragraph entity routes require no authentication; limited content read/write impact only, no scope change or availability impact.
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
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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-2026-43064
GHSA-mcg9-jw6g-vx5q
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB