Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-13271

Medium

Published: 09 January 2025

Published
09 January 2025
Modified
27 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 28.6th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13271 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Content Entity Clone Project Content Entity Clone. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Content Entity Clone allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects Content Entity Clone: from 0.0.0 before 1.0.4.

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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T1213 Data from Information Repositories Collection
Adversaries may leverage information repositories to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

Incorrect authorization in Drupal Content Entity Clone enables exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) and facilitates unauthorized collection of data from content entities acting as an information repository (T1213) via forceful browsing and cloning.

Affected Assets

content entity clone project
content entity clone
≤ 1.0.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-1 Policy and Procedures
addresses: CWE-863

Periodic review and update of procedures reduces incorrect authorization implementations over time.

AC-13 Supervision and Review — Access Control
addresses: CWE-863

Supervision identifies cases where authorization logic incorrectly permits unauthorized actions.

AC-16 Security and Privacy Attributes
addresses: CWE-863

Defining permitted attribute values and auditing modifications reduces the chance of incorrect authorization outcomes due to tampered or missing labels.

AC-17 Remote Access
addresses: CWE-863

The authorization process and usage restrictions help prevent incorrect authorization for remote access types.

AC-18 Wireless Access
addresses: CWE-863

Establishing configuration and connection requirements helps ensure correct rather than incorrect authorization for wireless access.

AC-19 Access Control for Mobile Devices
addresses: CWE-863

Establishing connection authorization processes for mobile devices helps ensure authorization decisions are correctly implemented rather than incorrect.

AC-2 Account Management
addresses: CWE-863

Monitoring account use, notifying on changes, and reviewing accounts for compliance corrects incorrect authorization assignments.

AC-20 Use of External Systems
addresses: CWE-863

Ensures authorization decisions for external system use are correctly implemented and enforced.

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