CVE-2022-25273

Drupal core's form API has a vulnerability where certain contributed or custom modules' forms may be vulnerable to improper input validation. This could allow an attacker to inject disallowed values or overwrite data. Affected forms are uncommon, but in certain cases an attacker could alter critical or sensitive data.

Published: 2023-04-26 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-25273 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-25273

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.48% 0.57% +0.09%
2 2026-04-27 0.26% 0.48% +0.21%
3 2026-01-19 0.26%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-25273

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-25273

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-25273

GHSA-g36h-4jr6-qmm9 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — Improper input validation in Drupal core

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-25273

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-25273 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (drupal7), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 10, needs-triage 2, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-25273

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-25273

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
drupal drupal >= 8.0.0, < 9.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
drupal drupal >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-25273

URL Tags
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-008 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence