[Security-news] CivicTheme Design System - Moderately critical - Information disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2025-112

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View online: https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2025-112

Project: CivicTheme Design System [1]
Date: 2025-October-22
Security risk: *Moderately critical* 12 ∕ 25
AC:Basic/A:None/CI:Some/II:None/E:Theoretical/TD:Default [2]
Vulnerability: Information disclosure

Affected versions: <1.12.0
CVE IDs: CVE-2025-12082
Description: 
CivicTheme is a design system and theme framework used to build content-rich
Drupal websites. It includes editorial workflows, structured content types,
and flexible theming components.

The theme doesn't sufficiently check access to entities when they are
displayed as  reference cards used in manual lists, which leads to an
information disclosure vulnerability

Specifically, when unpublished or archived nodes (CivicTheme Page and Event)
are referenced via card components and placed into manually curated lists or
blocks, a referenced card is rendered on the page for users who do not have
permission to view unpublished content. The referenced node itself is
correctly checked for permission, but the information in the card component
(title, thumbnail, tags) discloses information that the user does not have
access to view.

This results in:

  * Draft or never-published Event node data being visible to anonymous users
    on cards.
  * Archived content persisting in curated content lists.

This disclosure bypasses editorial expectations and may expose sensitive or
internal-only content unintentionally. It does not require complex
interaction or elevated permissions. It is triggered by standard reference
configurations and view templates.

Solution: 
Install the latest version:

  * If you use the CivicTheme theme for Drupal 10.x / 11.x, upgrade to
    CivicTheme-1.12.0 [3]

Reported By: 
  * Lee Rowlands (larowlan) [4] of the Drupal Security Team

Fixed By: 
  * Alan Cole (alan.cole) [5]
  * Daniel  (danielgry) [6]
  * Fiona Morrison (fionamorrison23) [7]
  * Suchi Garg (gargsuchi) [8]
  * Joshua Fernandes (joshua1234511) [9]
  * Lee Rowlands (larowlan) [10] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Richard Gaunt (richardgaunt) [11]

Coordinated By: 
  * Greg Knaddison (greggles) [12] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Lee Rowlands (larowlan) [13] of the Drupal Security Team
  * Drew Webber (mcdruid) [14] of the Drupal Security Team

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Contribution record [15]

[1] https://www.drupal.org/project/civictheme
[2] https://www.drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] https://www.drupal.org/project/civictheme/releases/1.12.0
[4] https://www.drupal.org/u/larowlan
[5] https://www.drupal.org/u/alancole
[6] https://www.drupal.org/u/danielgry-0
[7] https://www.drupal.org/u/fionamorrison23
[8] https://www.drupal.org/u/gargsuchi
[9] https://www.drupal.org/u/joshua1234511
[10] https://www.drupal.org/u/larowlan
[11] https://www.drupal.org/u/richardgaunt
[12] https://www.drupal.org/u/greggles
[13] https://www.drupal.org/u/larowlan
[14] https://www.drupal.org/u/mcdruid
[15]  
https://new.drupal.org/contribution-record?source_link=https%3A//www.drupal.org/node/3553882