Edit in-place field security updates, in plain English

Edit in-place field

168 sites report using it · on drupal.org · 1 security update explained here

This module allows people to edit pieces of content directly while viewing them.

Below is every security update for Edit in-place field that this site has covered, newest first. Each one says who could exploit it, whether it applies to your site, how urgent it is, and what to tell your developer. If your site uses this module and you are not sure which version, that is the first question to ask whoever looks after it.

Edit in-place field

Moderately critical · 168 sites report using it · SA-CONTRIB-2026-093 · on drupal.org · Week of 5 August 2026

An ordinary account on the site could bypass access rights to change any part of any piece of content. They could also view private information stored in those items.

Who could do thisOnly someone with a login on your site.
Does it apply to youThis applies to any site where an attacker has the edit in place field editing access right.
Has it been used in attacksNo sign of it.
How urgentDrupal rates this moderately critical. Include it in your next routine update, within the month.

Tell your developerUpdate Edit in-place field to 2.1.1.

For developers: what the fix changed

The fix adds entity update and field edit access checks in `EditInPlaceFormBase::loadEntity` and updates `processRequest` to retrieve form data from `$form_state` instead of the raw request to prevent tampering.

Also in this release Fixed schema errors and added tests.

2.1.0 to 2.1.1 2 commits, 5 files including 3 tests.

config/schema/edit_in_place_field.schema.yml +1 −5
src/Form/EditInPlaceFormBase.php +36 −27 fix

Full diff, 2.1.0 to 2.1.1

The comparison is against the release immediately before the fix. If your site is on an older release, more will have changed.

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