CVE-2020-13665
highpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Access bypass vulnerability in Drupal Core allows JSON:API when JSON:API is in read/write mode. Only sites that have the read_only set to FALSE under jsonapi.settings config are vulnerable. This issue affects: Drupal Drupal Core 8.8.x versions prior to 8.8.8; 8.9.x versions prior to 8.9.1; 9.0.x versions prior to 9.0.1.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (21)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-wxqp-jwc9-g39xDrupal Core Access bypass vulnerability2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
Access bypass vulnerability in Drupal Core allows JSON:API when JSON:API is in read/write mode. Only sites that have the read_only set to FALSE under jsonapi.settings config are vulnerable. This issue affects: Drupal Drupal Core 8.8.x versions prior to 8.8.8; 8.9.x versions prior to 8.9.1; 9.0.x versions prior to 9.0.1.
- BIT-drupal-2020-136652024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Access bypass vulnerability in Drupal Core allows JSON:API when JSON:API is in read/write mode. Only sites that have the read_only set to FALSE under jsonapi.settings config are vulnerable. This issue affects: Drupal Drupal Core 8.8.x versions prior to 8.8.8; 8.9.x versions prior to 8.9.1; 9.0.x versions prior to 9.0.1.
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references (10)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13665cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Drupal-Core-privilege-escalation-via-JSON-API-PATCH-Requests-32570cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2106/cnnvd
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-006cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-and-security-bypass-in-drupal-cve-2020-13664-cve-2020-13665-2/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-and-security-bypass-in-drupal-cve-2020-13664-cve-2020-13665-3/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-and-security-bypass-in-drupal-cve-2020-13664-cve-2020-13665-4/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-and-security-bypass-in-drupal-cve-2020-13664-cve-2020-13665/cnnvd
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