Views - Moderately Critical - Access Bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2017-022

The Views module allows site builders to create listings of various data in the Drupal database.

The Views module fails to add the required query tags to listings of Taxonomy Terms, which could cause private data stored on Taxonomy Terms to be leaked to users without permision to view it.

This is mitigated by the fact that a View must exist that lists Taxonomy Terms which contain private data. If all the data on Taxonomy Terms is public or there are no applicable Views, then your site is unaffected.

CVE identifier(s) issued

• A CVE identifier will be requested, and added upon issuance, in accordance with Drupal Security Team processes.

Versions affected

• views 7.x-3.x versions prior to 7.x-3.15.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Views module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

• If you use the views module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to views 7.x-3.15

Also see the Views project page.

Reported by

• Chris Thornett

Fixed by

• Chris Thornett
• dawehner
• xjm of the Drupal Security Team

Coordinated by

• Michael Hess of the Drupal Security Team