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Entity EmbedApplication · Drupal

CVE-2020-13673

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-02-11
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Entity Embed module provides a filter to allow embedding entities in content fields. In certain circumstances, the filter could allow an unprivileged user to inject HTML into a page when it is accessed by a trusted user with permission to embed entities. In some cases, this could lead to cross-site scripting.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-352

The application can't tell whether a state-changing request was genuinely intended by the user, so an attacker can trick a logged-in victim's browser into making it. That can transfer funds, change settings, or create accounts silently. Remediation is anti-CSRF tokens — or equivalent same-site protections — on every state-changing request.

General guidance for the cross-site request forgery (csrf) class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Entity EmbedApplication
Affected:= 8.x-1.0= 8.x-1.1= 8.x-1.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Vendor patch www.drupal.org →
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

8.x-1.3 or later stable release

  1. Navigate to the Drupal administration panel
  2. Go to Extend (or Module management)
  3. Locate the Entity Embed module in the list of installed modules
  4. Check the current version to confirm it is 8.x-1.0, 8.x-1.1, or 8.x-1.2
  5. Backup your database and files before proceeding with the update
  6. Use Composer or the Drupal interface to update the Entity Embed module to version 8.x-1.3 or the latest stable release
  7. Run database updates if prompted (drush updatedb or through the web interface)
  8. Clear Drupal caches (drush cr)
Caveat Review module release notes for any breaking changes between 8.x-1.x versions; test in a non-production environment first

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