CVE-2025-6675

4.8 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication in Drupal Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal by using an alternate path or channel. It affects all Drupal sites using vulnerable versions of the Enterprise MFA - TFA module. Attackers could potentially gain unauthorized access to user accounts without completing MFA requirements.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal
Versions: from 0.0.0 before 4.8.0, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.1, from 0.0.0 before 5.0.*, from 0.0.0 before 5.1.*
Operating Systems: All
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Affects all Drupal installations using the vulnerable Enterprise MFA - TFA module versions.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

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

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Likely Case

Attackers bypass MFA to access user accounts with elevated privileges, potentially stealing sensitive data or performing unauthorized actions.

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If Mitigated

With proper network segmentation and monitoring, impact is limited to isolated systems with rapid detection of unauthorized access attempts.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

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

Exploitation requires understanding of the authentication bypass mechanism but appears straightforward based on CWE-288 classification.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 4.8.0, 5.2.1, 5.0.*, 5.1.*

Vendor Advisory: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-082

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Update Enterprise MFA - TFA module to version 4.8.0 or higher for 4.x branch. 2. Update to 5.2.1 or higher for 5.x branch. 3. Clear Drupal cache after update.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Enterprise MFA - TFA module

linux

Temporarily disable the vulnerable module until patching is possible

drush pm-disable enterprise_mfa_tfa

Implement additional authentication layer

all

Add web application firewall rules to block suspicious authentication attempts

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement network segmentation to isolate Drupal 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 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:

Verify module version is 4.8.0+ or 5.2.1+ and test MFA functionality

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Authentication attempts without MFA completion
  • Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login
  • User account access from unusual locations

Network Indicators:

  • Unusual authentication traffic patterns
  • Requests to authentication endpoints without MFA verification

SIEM Query:

source="drupal" AND (event_type="authentication" AND mfa_status="bypassed") OR (event_type="user_login" AND NOT mfa_completed="true")

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