CVE-2025-47707

7.5 HIGH

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication in Drupal Enterprise MFA - TFA modules, potentially gaining unauthorized access to protected accounts. It affects Drupal sites using these specific MFA modules within the vulnerable version ranges.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Drupal Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal
Versions: from 0.0.0 before 4.7.0, from 5.0.0 before 5.2.0
Operating Systems: All
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Only affects sites using the Enterprise MFA - TFA modules; standard Drupal core is not affected.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers gain administrative access to Drupal sites, leading to complete system compromise, data theft, or ransomware deployment.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized users bypass MFA to access user accounts with elevated privileges, potentially modifying content or accessing sensitive data.

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If Mitigated

With proper network segmentation and monitoring, impact is limited to the Drupal application layer with detection of anomalous authentication attempts.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

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

Authentication bypass typically requires some initial access or knowledge of the system, but the vulnerability itself is straightforward to exploit once identified.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 4.7.0 or 5.2.0

Vendor Advisory: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-053

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Update the Enterprise MFA - TFA module to version 4.7.0 (for 4.x branch) or 5.2.0 (for 5.x branch). 2. Clear Drupal caches. 3. Test MFA functionality.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable vulnerable module

linux

Temporarily disable the Enterprise MFA - TFA module until patching is possible

drush pm:disable enterprise_mfa_tfa

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement network-level controls to restrict access to Drupal admin interfaces
  • Enable detailed authentication logging and monitor for MFA bypass attempts

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check module version via Drupal admin interface or using 'drush pm:list | grep enterprise_mfa_tfa'

Check Version:

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

Verify Fix Applied:

Confirm module version is 4.7.0+ or 5.2.0+ and test MFA authentication flow

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Authentication attempts without MFA challenge
  • Multiple failed MFA attempts followed by successful login
  • User privilege escalation without MFA verification

Network Indicators:

  • Unusual authentication patterns to /user/login endpoints
  • Requests bypassing expected MFA endpoints

SIEM Query:

source="drupal" AND (event_type="authentication" AND mfa_status="bypassed") OR (event_type="privilege_escalation" AND mfa_required="true")

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