Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain high-privileged Drupal account
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DeliveryInstall or access site with Content Moderation Notifications active
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ExploitTrigger specific moderation workflow transition
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ExecutionExploit unsafe permission definition
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ImpactAccess or modify content beyond intended role boundary
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Privilege defined with unsafe actions
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| 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. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – 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
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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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
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).
CVSS VectorVendor: drupal
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.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
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What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
EUVD-2026-70004
GHSA-q382-cg62-9wjf
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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