Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Drupal sites using the Notify module could email information about restricted new or updated content to authenticated users who should not see it. The exposed information may include node titles, teasers, and fields. Business impact depends on whether restricted Drupal content contained sensitive operational, customer, or internal data.
Executive priority
Prioritize if Drupal notifications may include confidential customer, employee, legal, or operational content. Otherwise, handle as a targeted information-disclosure issue during normal vulnerability remediation for legacy Drupal 7 estates.
Technical view
CVE-2014-9154 is an access-control weakness in Notify module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.1 for Drupal. The module did not properly restrict access to new or modified nodes or fields when generating notification emails, allowing remote authenticated users to obtain restricted content through those emails.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to Drupal installations running Notify module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.1, especially where authenticated users receive notifications about content with field-level or node-level restrictions.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing, active exploitation, public exploit availability, or unauthenticated exploitation. The described attacker is a remote authenticated user who can read notification email content.
Researcher notes
Evidence identifies the vulnerable module branch and fixed threshold but provides no CVSS, CWE, exploit details, or broad product matrix. Validation should focus on installed module version, notification paths, and whether restricted fields were included in emails.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade the Drupal Notify module to 7.x-1.1 or later.
- Check Drupal project guidance for any additional module-specific remediation.
- Temporarily limit notification recipients for restricted content until fixed.
- Assess whether past notification emails exposed sensitive restricted fields.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Drupal 7 sites for the Notify module and its installed version.
- Confirm vulnerable deployments are below Notify 7.x-1.1.
- Review notification configuration for restricted node types or fields.
- Review historical notification recipients where sensitive restricted content existed.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
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- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.drupal.org/node/2320741CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.drupal.org/node/2320693CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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