Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify Drupal site with Media Folders module enabled
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DeliverySubmit XSS payload in folder name or metadata field
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ExploitPayload persisted in Drupal database
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ExecutionVictim admin/editor navigates to media folder page
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PersistMalicious script executes in victim browser
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ImpactSession token exfiltrated to attacker infrastructure
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 that the target Drupal installation has the Media Folders contributed module installed and enabled in a version from 0.0.0 up to (but not including) 1.0.8 - this is a non-core, opted-in module and not present by default. The attacker must have permission to create or modify media folder entries; the CVSS PR:N rating suggests the injection point may be reachable without authentication, but this is not confirmed by the description - the exact permission level required is unspecified in available data. A victim user must subsequently navigate to the affected media folder page (UI:R), meaning passive or automated exploitation without victim interaction is not possible. Limiting exploitation: the module must be actively installed and non-default; user interaction is mandatory; and impact is bounded to low confidentiality and integrity with no availability impact (C:L/I:L/A:N). |
| Impact | The CVSS 6.1 score with AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N accurately captures the network-accessible, low-complexity nature of the flaw while bounding impact to low confidentiality and integrity. The EPSS probability of 0.15% at the 4th percentile is very low, consistent with the SSVC assessment of 'exploitation: none' and 'automatable: no' - indicating no observed mass exploitation and no straightforward automated attack path. The CVE is absent from CISA KEV and no POC has been identified, placing this firmly in the category of unconfirmed-exploitation risk. The stored nature of the XSS is the primary risk amplifier: a single successful injection can silently affect every authenticated user who browses media folders, including site administrators whose session tokens could enable full site takeover - a meaningful tail risk even at low EPSS. SSVC's 'technical impact: partial' and the low C:L/I:L CVSS impact metrics are consistent. Overall this is a genuine vulnerability warranting patching in a standard change cycle, but the convergent signals from EPSS, KEV absence, SSVC, and non-automatable classification do not support emergency response prioritization. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with permission to create or rename media folders submits a folder name containing a JavaScript payload such as a script tag or event-handler attribute that Drupal Media Folders fails to sanitize before storage. When an authenticated site administrator subsequently visits the Media Folders management page, the stored payload executes in the admin's browser, silently exfiltrating their session cookie to an attacker-controlled endpoint and granting the attacker full administrative access. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026
Stored XSS in the Drupal Media Folders contributed module (versions 0.0.0 through 1.0.8) allows network-accessible injection of persistent malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of users who subsequently view affected media folder pages. The CVSS scope change (S:C) confirms the payload crosses the application security boundary into the victim's browser session, enabling session hijacking or privilege escalation against authenticated users including administrators. No active exploitation has been confirmed - no CISA KEV listing, no public exploit code, and an EPSS of 0.15% (4th percentile) - and a vendor patch is available via Drupal security advisory SA-contrib-2026-080.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to upgrade the Drupal Media Folders module to version 1.0.8 or later, as documented in Drupal Security Advisory SA-contrib-2026-080 (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-080). The patch is confirmed available from the vendor. As a compensating control prior to patching, administrators should restrict the permissions that allow creation or modification of media folders to the minimum necessary trusted roles, reducing the set of accounts that could inject a payload; note this may impact content editor workflows. Configuring a Content Security Policy (CSP) header that blocks inline script execution can further limit the blast radius of any stored XSS payload, though CSP alone is not a substitute for patching. Drupal's built-in text format filtering should also be reviewed to ensure no format permits unescaped HTML in folder-related fields.
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 Media Folders (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:drupal:media_folders:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a Drupal contributed module that extends the platform's core media library with hierarchical folder organization. The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), meaning user-supplied input - likely a folder name, description, or metadata field - is stored in the database and later rendered in HTML without adequate sanitization or escaping. In Stored XSS, unlike reflected variants, the attacker's payload persists server-side and fires automatically for every subsequent viewer of the affected page, making it more dangerous per injection. The CVSS S:C (scope changed) metric confirms the injected JavaScript executes in the victim's browser context, outside the Drupal application's own origin.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Stored XSS submission realistically requires at minimum a content contributor role (PR:L); scope change and victim browser interaction (UI:R) are retained from the provided vector.
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 Media Folders allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Media Folders versions: from 0.0.0 to 1.0.8.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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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-2026-66182
GHSA-9qmj-5rmh-j6x2
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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