CVE-2014-5020

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The File module in Drupal 7.x before 7.29 does not properly check permissions to view files, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to bypass intended restrictions and read files by attaching the file to content with a file field.

Affected products

Drupal: 7.0, 7.0-alpha1, 7.0-alpha2, 7.0-alpha3, 7.0-alpha4, 7.0-alpha5 (+39)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2983
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-003
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2983
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-003

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