CVE-2025-3739

5.9 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability affects the Drupal 8 Google Optimize Hide Page module, allowing attackers to bypass access restrictions. It impacts all versions of the module for Drupal 8 installations where the module is enabled. The vulnerability could allow unauthorized access to protected content.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Drupal 8 Google Optimize Hide Page module
Versions: *.* (all versions for Drupal 8)
Operating Systems: Any OS running Drupal
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Only affects Drupal 8 installations with the Google Optimize Hide Page module enabled. Drupal 9/10 are not affected.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Manual Verification Required

This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.

Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).

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Recommended Actions:
  1. Review the CVE details at NVD
  2. Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
  3. Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
  4. Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers could access restricted content, sensitive pages, or administrative interfaces that should be hidden from unauthorized users.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized users accessing content that should be hidden from them, potentially exposing internal information or bypassing content restrictions.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact if proper access controls and monitoring are in place, with only minor information disclosure risks.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - Since Drupal sites are typically internet-facing, this vulnerability could be exploited by any external attacker.
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - Internal attackers could exploit this to bypass access controls and access restricted content.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes
Complexity: LOW

Based on the advisory, this appears to be an access bypass vulnerability that could be exploited without authentication.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Update to latest version of the module

Vendor Advisory: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-040

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into your Drupal admin panel. 2. Navigate to Extend > Update. 3. Check for available updates for the Google Optimize Hide Page module. 4. Apply the update. 5. Clear Drupal caches.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable the module

all

Temporarily disable the vulnerable module until patching is possible

drush pm:disable google_optimize_hide_page

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement additional access controls at the web server level (e.g., .htaccess restrictions)
  • Monitor access logs for unusual patterns of access to restricted content

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check if the Google Optimize Hide Page module is enabled in Drupal 8: drush pm:list | grep google_optimize_hide_page

Check Version:

drush pm:list --fields=name,version | grep google_optimize_hide_page

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify module version is updated: drush pm:list --fields=name,version | grep google_optimize_hide_page

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual access patterns to restricted pages
  • Access attempts to hidden/admin pages from unauthorized IPs

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests bypassing expected access controls
  • Requests to hidden page URLs

SIEM Query:

source="drupal_access_log" AND (url="*admin*" OR url="*restricted*") AND user="anonymous"

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