CVE-2025-47710

7.4 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 vulnerable versions of the Enterprise MFA - TFA modules. The vulnerability stems from an authentication bypass using alternate paths or channels.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Drupal Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal
Versions: 0.0.0 to 4.6.99, 5.0.0 to 5.1.99
Operating Systems: All
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Only affects Drupal sites with Enterprise MFA - TFA module enabled. Core Drupal 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

Attackers bypass MFA to access user accounts with elevated privileges, potentially modifying content, stealing sensitive data, or performing lateral movement.

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If Mitigated

With proper network segmentation and monitoring, impact is limited to the affected Drupal instance with quick detection of unauthorized access attempts.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

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

Exploitation requires understanding of Drupal authentication flow and MFA bypass techniques. No public exploit code available at advisory publication.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 4.7.0 or 5.2.0

Vendor Advisory: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-056

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Update Enterprise MFA - TFA module to version 4.7.0 (for 4.x branch) or 5.2.0 (for 5.x branch). 2. Use Drupal's update manager or Composer: 'composer update drupal/enterprise_mfa_tfa'. 3. Clear Drupal caches after update.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Enterprise MFA - TFA Module

all

Temporarily disable the vulnerable module until patching is possible

drush pm:disable enterprise_mfa_tfa

Implement Web Application Firewall Rules

all

Block suspicious authentication bypass attempts at WAF level

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement network segmentation to isolate Drupal instance from critical systems
  • Enable detailed authentication logging and monitor for MFA bypass attempts

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check installed module version via Drupal admin interface at /admin/modules or using Drush: '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 functionality works correctly

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Authentication attempts without MFA challenge
  • Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login without MFA
  • Unusual user agent strings in authentication requests

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests to authentication endpoints with unusual parameters
  • Traffic patterns showing authentication bypass attempts

SIEM Query:

source="drupal" AND (event_type="authentication" AND mfa_status="bypassed") OR (http_request LIKE "%enterprise_mfa_tfa%" AND response_code=200)

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