Incorrect authorization in Drupal core

published 2022-02-16 4 y ago modified 2026-09-19 50 d ago also BIT-drupal-2022-25270 , DRUPAL-CORE-2022-004 , EUVD-2022-0877 , GHSA-73q4-j324-2qcc

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Quick Edit module does not properly check entity access in some circumstances. This could result in users with the "access in-place editing" permission viewing some content they are are not authorized to access. Sites are only affected if the QuickEdit module (which comes with the Standard profile) is installed.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 links 1

packagist drupal/core 9.2.13, 9.3.6
bitnami drupal 9.2.13, 9.3.6
Drupal Core 9.2.13, 9.3.6

drupal.org/sa-core-2022-004 advisory

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-25270 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 5.3

drupal: information disclosure vulnerbility found in drupal core

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
GitHub	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	drupal/core	>=9.3.0, <9.3.6 >=8.0.0, <9.2.13	9.3.6 9.2.13
bitnami	drupal	>=9.2.0, <9.2.13 >=9.3.0, <9.3.6	9.2.13 9.3.6

Affected products

Drupal Core

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

drupal.org /sa-core-2022-004
web, patch, vendor-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25270
advisory, web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary