Vigil@nce - Drupal Views Bulk Operations: privilege escalation
September 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use the account list of Drupal Views Bulk
Operations, in order to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: Drupal Modules not comprehensive, Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 02/07/2015.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Views Bulk Operations module can be installed on Drupal.
The module provides access to a list of user account. However,
permissions for operations applied to this list are not suitably
checked, and a user can grant himself administrative rights.
An attacker can therefore use the account list of Drupal Views
Bulk Operations, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Drupal-Views-Bulk-Operations-privilege-escalation-17292