CVE-2025-8996 | Layout Builder Advanced Permissions - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-097

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Layout Builder Advanced Permissions allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects Layout Builder Advanced Permissions: from 0.0.0 before 2.2.0.

Published: 2025-08-15 Last update: 2025-08-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-8996 is rated Low Risk (22.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-8996

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 2026-05-11 0.02% 0.05% +0.03%
2 2025-08-16 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-8996

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-8996

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-8996

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
layout_builder_advanced_permissions_project layout_builder_advanced_permissions < 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:layout_builder_advanced_permissions_project:layout_builder_advanced_permissions:*:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:*

References for CVE-2025-8996

URL Tags
https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-097 Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence