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Fasttoggle

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

This module lets administrators quickly publish or unpublish content using links on the page.

Below is every security update for Fasttoggle 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.

Fasttoggle

Moderately critical · 502 sites report using it · 2 security fixes · Week of 28 October 2026

2 security fixes in one update. Fasttoggle fixed 2 separate security bugs at once: 1 cross site request forgery, 1 access bypass. One update covers all of them. The most serious, SA-CONTRIB-2026-283, is explained here and the full list is at the end of the card.

The module does not properly protect its toggle links from forged requests. Someone could trick an administrator into visiting a malicious page and change the publication status of content. They could not read any hidden data.

  • Who could do thisAnyone visiting the site. No login needed.
  • Does it apply to youAn attacker tricks a user with the access right to use this module into visiting a page they control.
  • 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 Fasttoggle to 4.1.1.

For developers: what the fix changed

This release carries 2 security fixes. The summary below is for SA-CONTRIB-2026-283, the most serious of them.

The fix adds the _csrf_token requirement to the fasttoggle.toggle route in fasttoggle.routing.yml and updates link generation in src/Controller/FasttoggleController.php and src/Hook/FasttoggleHooks.php to use Url::fromRoute to ensure CSRF tokens are included and validated.

Also in this release The release also refactors the controller to improve access checks and logging and updates PHPStan ignore rules.

4.1.0 to 4.1.1 2 commits, 7 files including 1 test.

  • fasttoggle.module +0 −10
  • fasttoggle.permissions.yml +1 −0
  • fasttoggle.routing.yml +4 −0 fix
  • phpstan.neon +11 −0
  • src/Controller/FasttoggleController.php +217 −131 fix
  • src/Hook/FasttoggleHooks.php +13 −15 fix

Full diff, 4.1.0 to 4.1.1

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

All 2 security bugs this update fixes, worst first. Each link is the drupal.org notice for that one.

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