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Content Moderation Notifications EUVDEUVD-2026-70004

| CVE-2026-81161 LOW
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions (CWE-267)
2026-09-02 drupal GHSA-q382-cg62-9wjf
3.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: drupal
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain high-privileged Drupal account
  2. Delivery
    Install or access site with Content Moderation Notifications active
  3. Exploit
    Trigger specific moderation workflow transition
  4. Execution
    Exploit unsafe permission definition
  5. Impact
    Access or modify content beyond intended role boundary

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Privilege defined with unsafe actions
Exploitation Conditions

The attacker must already hold a high-privileged Drupal account (PR:H per CVSS vector), restricting the threat to trusted-but-over-privileged internal users rather than external unauthenticated actors. High attack complexity (AC:H) indicates that a specific content moderation workflow state or transition condition must be present for exploitation. The Content Moderation Notifications module must be installed and active on the target Drupal site. No special network position or user interaction from a victim is required (AV:N, UI:N). Impact is bounded to low confidentiality and low integrity exposure - no availability impact is present, and scope does not extend beyond the vulnerable system.

Impact

The provided CVSS 3.3 (Low) score accurately reflects real-world exploitation difficulty: PR:H means the attacker must already hold a high-privileged Drupal account, and AC:H indicates a specific triggering condition (likely a particular workflow state transition) must be met. The unchanged scope (S:U) and constrained impact (C:L/I:L/A:N) further cap potential damage to minor information access or limited integrity modification. No EPSS data was supplied in the input, no CISA KEV listing exists, and no public exploit is identified - all consistent with a low-priority finding. Real-world risk is primarily relevant to sites that grant high Drupal roles to partially-trusted users; sites with strict role hygiene are minimally exposed.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated Drupal user already holding a high-privileged editorial role (such as a content reviewer or moderator) triggers a specific content moderation workflow transition handled by the module's notification logic. The unsafe privilege definition allows this action to grant the user capabilities or content access beyond what their role should permit under Drupal's standard RBAC model. No public proof-of-concept exploit exists at time of analysis, and the AC:H requirement limits opportunistic exploitation.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 02, 2026

Privilege escalation in Drupal's Content Moderation Notifications module (all versions before 3.9.0) stems from unsafe privilege definitions (CWE-267) embedded in the module's moderation workflow handling. An already-highly-privileged Drupal user can exploit improperly scoped permissions granted by the module to perform actions or access content beyond their intended role boundary within Drupal's RBAC model. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) or public proof-of-concept has been identified; a vendor patch at version 3.9.0 is available per Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-107.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Content Moderation Notifications to version 3.9.0 or later, which contains the vendor-released fix per Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-107 (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-107). Sites unable to update immediately should audit and restrict which Drupal roles carry elevated content moderation permissions within the module's configuration, reducing the population of accounts capable of reaching the unsafe privilege path. Removing high-level moderation roles from partially-trusted user accounts directly addresses the PR:H prerequisite without a code change, though this is a compensating control rather than a permanent fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

Content Moderation Notifications 0.0.0 <3.9.0

Affected Packages

composer drupal/content_moderation_notifications fix: 3.9.0
euvd content_moderation_notifications fix: 3.9.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Content Moderation Notifications is a contributed Drupal module that dispatches notifications when content transitions through editorial workflow states. The root cause is CWE-267 (Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions), meaning the module defines permissions tied to moderation workflow actions whose side-effects exceed the intended role boundary - allowing a privileged actor to leverage the module's granted capabilities in ways the site administrator did not intend. CPE cpe:2.3:a:drupal:content_moderation_notifications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers all module versions; the EUVD entry EUVD-2026-70004 and Drupal's advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-107 confirm the boundary at 3.9.0.

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Severity by source

Vendor (drupal) PRIMARY 3.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 3.3 LOW

PR:H and AC:H reflect that a trusted high-privileged user must trigger a specific workflow state; C:L/I:L cap the limited role-boundary overstep with no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).

CVSS VectorVendor: drupal

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Sep 02, 2026 - 19:22 NVD
3.3 (LOW)
Patch available
Sep 02, 2026 - 14:17 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 02, 2026 - 12:32 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Drupal Content Moderation Notifications allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Content Moderation Notifications versions: from 0.0.0 to 3.9.0.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche Drupal contributed module, not universally installed
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

16
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +16
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

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