Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify Drupal site running vulnerable 11.x release
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DeliveryLocate content submission path with insufficient output encoding
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ExploitInject XSS payload into affected field or content node
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ExecutionLure authenticated user to render the compromised page
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PersistExecute malicious script in victim's browser context
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ImpactExfiltrate session token or perform privileged site actions
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 | User interaction is mandatory - the victim must browse to a page rendering the malicious payload (CVSS UI:R confirmed). The AC:H metric indicates a specific Drupal Core component, content field type, rendering context, or configuration is required to trigger the vulnerability; generic content submission paths are unlikely to be universally exploitable. No attacker authentication is required (PR:N). Impact is bounded to the victim's browser context: confidentiality impact is limited (session token theft possible) and integrity impact is limited (page content manipulation); server availability is not affected. Sites running only Drupal 11.3.x or 11.4.x are affected - installations on supported 11.2.x or older branches without upgrade paths face unpatched exposure. The specific Drupal module, field formatter, or theme function responsible for the insufficient neutralization is not identified in available data. |
| Impact | All available signals indicate low urgency. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.7 (Medium) reflects three material constraints: high attack complexity (AC:H), mandatory user interaction (UI:R), and limited impact ceiling (C:L/I:L/A:N). EPSS at 0.15% places this in the 4th percentile - the large majority of CVEs carry higher exploitation probability. SSVC further confirms exploitation status as 'none' and automatable as 'no,' ruling out mass automated attack campaigns. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis. The scope change is the primary risk amplifier: successful exploitation enables session token exfiltration or client-side action forgery, which could be leveraged against privileged Drupal users such as site administrators or editors. For sites handling sensitive data or granting broad editorial permissions, patching should be scheduled promptly; for others, this falls into routine patch-cycle remediation rather than emergency response. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker identifies a Drupal site running a vulnerable 11.x release and locates a content input path - such as a node body, field, or view - that is rendered without adequate output encoding. The attacker submits a crafted XSS payload through that path, then lures an authenticated Drupal user (ideally an editor or administrator) to load the affected page, causing the payload to execute in the victim's browser, capturing session cookies or performing privileged site actions on the victim's behalf. No public exploit code exists at time of analysis, and the AC:H rating indicates the attacker must first identify the specific vulnerable rendering context, limiting opportunistic mass exploitation. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026
Cross-site scripting in Drupal Core across all maintained 11.x release branches allows network-accessible unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into rendered web pages, with impact occurring in victims' browser contexts upon user interaction. High attack complexity (AC:H) constrains opportunistic exploitation, and all signals - EPSS at 0.15% (4th percentile), SSVC exploitation status of none, no KEV listing, and no public exploit code - converge on a low-urgency posture. Vendor patches are available for the 11.3.x and 11.4.x branches via Drupal SA-CORE-2026-011, while Drupal 11.2.x and earlier receive no fix as an end-of-life branch.
RemediationAI
The primary fix is to upgrade Drupal Core to version 11.3.14 or later (for sites on the 11.3.x branch) or version 11.4.4 or later (for sites on the 11.4.x branch), as detailed in vendor advisory https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2026-011. Note that these fix versions are inferred from EUVD affected-range notation and should be verified against the advisory before upgrading. Sites running Drupal 11.2.x or earlier have no vendor patch available and must upgrade to a supported 11.3.x or 11.4.x release. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, compensating controls include restricting untrusted content submission to authenticated editors only and auditing which user roles can submit rich HTML content, since AC:H implies a specific content path triggers the flaw. Deploying a Content Security Policy (CSP) header can limit script execution impact but requires careful tuning to avoid breaking legitimate Drupal functionality such as the CKEditor rich text editor. A Web Application Firewall with XSS signature rules provides an additional detection layer but is not a reliable substitute for patching.
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 vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), indicating that user-supplied input is insufficiently sanitized or encoded before rendering in Drupal's HTML output - whether through its theming layer, field rendering pipeline, or a specific core module. Drupal Core (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is the foundational PHP-based CMS framework; all sites running Drupal 11 are affected unless patched. The CVSS scope change (S:C) confirms the exploit crosses trust boundaries from the Drupal server into the victim's browser context, enabling script execution against the victim's session. The AC:H rating indicates a specific rendering path, content type, or site configuration is required to trigger the vulnerability, rather than any generic input field.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
XSS with scope change into the victim browser requires user interaction and high-complexity triggering conditions; no server-side availability impact and limited C/I match typical stored/reflected XSS bounds.
Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).
CVSS VectorVendor: drupal
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting") vulnerability in Drupal Drupal core allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects Drupal core versions: from 11.3.0 to 11.3.14, from 11.4.0 to 11.4.4, from 0.0.0 to 11.2.*.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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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.
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EUVD-2026-66184
GHSA-pw57-w545-279f
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