GHSA-c424-hgg9-9c4w — drupal/quick_node_block
MEDIUMGHSA-c424-hgg9-9c4w is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-862 vulnerability in drupal/quick_node_block. A fix is available for drupal/quick_node_block — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Drupal Quick Node Block Missing Authorization vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-c424-hgg9-9c4w.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-c424-hgg9-9c4w by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,842 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
drupal/quick_node_blockReal-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 Quick Node Block allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Quick Node Block: from 0.0.0 before 2.0.0.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/quick_node_block | all versions | 2.0.0composer require drupal/quick_node_block:^2.0.0 |
Affected Products
quick node blockquick_node_block_projectDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for drupal/quick_node_block, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update drupal/quick_node_block to 2.0.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-c424-hgg9-9c4w is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-c424-hgg9-9c4w in your dependencies?
Find it across Packagist, including transitive dependencies.