Improper input validation in Drupal core

published 2022-04-20 4 y ago modified 2026-09-19 50 d ago also BIT-drupal-2022-25273 , DRUPAL-CORE-2022-008 , EUVD-2023-1301 , GHSA-g36h-4jr6-qmm9

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

Drupal core's form API has a vulnerability where certain contributed or custom modules' forms may be vulnerable to improper input validation. This could allow an attacker to inject disallowed values or overwrite data. Affected forms are uncommon, but in certain cases an attacker could alter critical or sensitive data.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3

packagist drupal/core 9.2.18, 9.3.12
bitnami drupal 9.2.18, 9.3.12
Drupal Core 9.2.18, 9.3.12

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-2022-25273 updated 2025-11-21

drupal: multiple vulnerabilities

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-02-03)

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
GitHub	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
OSV	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	drupal/core	>=8.0.0, <9.2.18 >=9.3.0, <9.3.12	9.2.18 9.3.12
bitnami	drupal	>=8.0.0, <9.2.18 >=9.3.0, <9.3.12	9.2.18 9.3.12

Affected products

Drupal Core

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

drupal.org /sa-core-2022-008
web, vendor-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25273
advisory, web
github.com /drupal/core
package

Sources

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Summary