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Unscored DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2019-093

This module extends access handling of Drupal Core's Taxonomy module. The module doesn't sufficiently check, * if a given entity should be …

Published Dec 11, 2019 · Updated Sep 10, 2026 · Assigned by DRUPAL

Description

This module extends access handling of Drupal Core's Taxonomy module.

The module doesn't sufficiently check,

* if a given entity should be access controlled, defaulting to allowing access even to unpublished Taxonomy Terms.
* if certain administrative routes should be access controlled, defaulting to allowing access even to users without permission to access these administrative routes.

The vulnerability is mitigated by the facts, that

* the user interface to change the status of Taxonomy Terms has been released in Drupal Core 8.8 and a custom or contributed module is required in earlier versions of Drupal Core to mark Taxonomy Terms as unpublished.
* all entity operations (except the view operation) available on affected administrative routes still require appropriate permissions.
* an attacker must have a role with permission to either access content or view a Taxonomy Term in a vocabulary.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist drupal/taxonomy_access_fix < 2.7.0 2.7.0 DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2019-093

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