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Vulnerability details: VCID-bk92-66re-dkc5
Vulnerability ID VCID-bk92-66re-dkc5
Aliases CVE-2023-31250
GHSA-8849-cv9f-vccm
Summary Access bypass in Drupal core The file download facility does not sufficiently sanitize file paths in certain situations. This may result in users gaining access to private files that they should not have access to. Some sites may require configuration changes following this security release. Review the release notes for your Drupal version if you have issues accessing private files after updating.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8849-cv9f-vccm
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/drupal/core
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31250
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-005
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-005
ssvc Track https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-005
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-31250
https://github.com/drupal/core
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-005
CVE-2023-31250 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31250
GHSA-8849-cv9f-vccm https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8849-cv9f-vccm
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-005
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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high

none

low

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-02-03T16:49:01Z/ Found at https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2023-005
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.49037
EPSS Score 0.00257
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:51:13.341767+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/drupal/core/CVE-2023-31250.yml 38.0.0