CVE-2024-13251
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to gain elevated privileges through incorrect privilege assignment in Drupal's Registration role module. It affects all Drupal sites using Registration role module versions before 2.0.1. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized administrative access.
💻 Affected Systems
- Drupal Registration role module
📦 What is this software?
Registration Role by Registration Role Project
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers gain administrative privileges, enabling complete site takeover, data manipulation, and potential server compromise.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users gain elevated permissions, potentially accessing sensitive content or performing restricted actions.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to specific role-based actions rather than full administrative takeover.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated user access to exploit privilege escalation.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.0.1
Vendor Advisory: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2024-015
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update Registration role module to version 2.0.1 via Drupal's update manager. 2. Clear Drupal cache. 3. Verify role permissions are correctly assigned.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Registration role module
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable module until patching is possible
drush pm-disable registration_role
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict role-based access controls and monitor for unusual permission changes
- Restrict user registration and implement additional authentication layers
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Registration role module version in Drupal admin interface or via 'drush pm-list | grep registration_role'Check Version:
drush pml | grep registration_roleVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm module version is 2.0.1 or higher and test role assignment functionality📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected role assignment changes
- User privilege escalation events
- Failed permission checks
Network Indicators:
- Unusual authentication patterns
- Multiple role modification requests
SIEM Query:
source="drupal" AND (event_type="role_change" OR message="*permission*escalat*")