CVE-2025-31686
HIGHCVE-2025-31686 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) CWE-862 vulnerability in goalgorilla/open_social. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2025-31686 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Open Social - Less critical - Access bypass, Information Disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2025-015
Real-World Exposure
goalgorilla/open_social🐘goalgorilla/open_socialReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Open Social allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects Open Social: from 0.0.0 before 12.3.11, from 12.4.0 before 12.4.10.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | goalgorilla/open_social | all versions | 12.3.11 |
| 🐘Packagist | goalgorilla/open_social | ≥ 12.4.0&&< 12.4.10 | 12.4.10 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for goalgorilla/open_social. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update goalgorilla/open_social to 12.3.11 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-31686 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-31686 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2025-31686. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-31686 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2025-31686 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.