Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-13258

Critical

Published: 09 January 2025

Published
09 January 2025
Modified
04 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0058 69.5th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13258 is a critical-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Rest \& Json Api Authentication Project Rest \& Json Api Authentication. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 30.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-13258 is an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability (CWE-863) in the Drupal REST & JSON API Authentication contrib module, which allows forceful browsing past authorization checks. The issue affects all versions of the module from 0.0.0 before 2.0.13. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting its critical severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no requirements for privileges or user interaction.

Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit the vulnerability by sending crafted requests to REST and JSON API endpoints, bypassing authorization controls. This enables them to access, modify, or delete sensitive data and resources without permission, resulting in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially leading to complete site compromise.

The Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2024-022, published on 2025-01-09, documents the vulnerability and recommends updating the Drupal REST & JSON API Authentication module to version 2.0.13 or later as the primary mitigation.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Drupal REST & JSON API Authentication allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects Drupal REST & JSON API Authentication: from 0.0.0 before 2.0.13.

CWE(s)
CWE-863

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Direct auth bypass on public Drupal REST/JSON API endpoints enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application without credentials.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

rest \& json api authentication project
rest \& json api authentication
≤ 2.0.13

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Timely flaw remediation through updating the Drupal REST & JSON API Authentication module to 2.0.13 or later directly fixes the incorrect authorization vulnerability.

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Enforces approved authorizations for logical access to REST and JSON API endpoints, preventing forceful browsing past authorization checks.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Applies least privilege to limit the scope of unauthorized access and damage if authorization bypass occurs on sensitive resources.

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