{"id":"DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2019-093","aliases":[],"status":"published","description":"This module extends access handling of Drupal Core's Taxonomy module.\n\nThe module doesn't sufficiently check,\n\n* if a given entity should be access controlled, defaulting to allowing access even to unpublished Taxonomy Terms.\n* if certain administrative routes should be access controlled, defaulting to allowing access even to users without permission to access these administrative routes.\n\nThe vulnerability is mitigated by the facts, that\n\n* 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Core 8.8 and a custom or contributed module is required in earlier versions of Drupal Core to mark Taxonomy Terms as unpublished.\n* all entity operations (except the view operation) available on affected administrative routes still require appropriate permissions.\n* an attacker must have a role with permission to either access content or view a Taxonomy Term in a vocabulary.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2019-12-11T18:32:17Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:46:15Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8","package":"drupal/taxonomy_access_fix","fixed_in":["2.7.0"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8","package":"drupal/taxonomy_access_fix","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2019-093","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2019-093","description":"This module extends access handling of Drupal Core's Taxonomy module.\n\nThe module doesn't sufficiently check,\n\n* if a given entity should be access controlled, defaulting to allowing access even to unpublished Taxonomy Terms.\n* if certain administrative routes should be access controlled, defaulting to allowing access even to users without permission to access these administrative routes.\n\nThe vulnerability is mitigated by the facts, that\n\n* 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Core 8.8 and a custom or contributed module is required in earlier versions of Drupal Core to mark Taxonomy Terms as unpublished.\n* all entity operations (except the view operation) available on affected administrative routes still require appropriate permissions.\n* an attacker must have a role with permission to either access content or view a Taxonomy Term in a vocabulary.","status":"published","published":"2019-12-11T18:32:17Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:46:15.260505866Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:13.584509Z"}]}}