GHSA-m6q5-wv4x-fv6h is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in drupal/core. A fix is available for drupal/core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-m6q5-wv4x-fv6h by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
drupal/core🐘drupal/core🐘drupal/core🐘drupal/drupal🐘drupal/drupal🐘drupal/drupalReal-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
Access Bypass vulnerability in Drupal Core allows for an attacker to leverage the way that HTML is rendered for affected forms in order to exploit the vulnerability. This issue affects: Drupal Core 8.8.x versions prior to 8.8.10; 8.9.x versions prior to 8.9.6; 9.0.x versions prior to 9.0.6.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/core | ≥ 8.0.0&&< 8.8.10 | 8.8.10composer require drupal/core:^8.8.10 |
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/core | ≥ 8.9.0&&< 8.9.6 | 8.9.6composer require drupal/core:^8.9.6 |
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/core | ≥ 9.0.0&&< 9.0.6 | 9.0.6composer require drupal/core:^9.0.6 |
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/drupal | ≥ 8.0.0&&< 8.8.10 | 8.8.10composer require drupal/drupal:^8.8.10 |
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/drupal | ≥ 8.9.0&&< 8.9.6 | 8.9.6composer require drupal/drupal:^8.9.6 |
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/drupal | ≥ 9.0.0&&< 9.0.6 | 9.0.6composer require drupal/drupal:^9.0.6 |
Affected Products
drupaldrupalDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for drupal/core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update drupal/core to 8.8.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-m6q5-wv4x-fv6h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-m6q5-wv4x-fv6h in your dependencies?
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