Views Share security updates, in plain English

Views Share

25 sites report using it · on drupal.org · 1 security release explained here

It enables administrators to share a view of content within another website.

Below is every security release for Views Share 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.

Views Share

Moderately critical · 25 sites report using it · SA-CONTRIB-2026-205 · on drupal.org · Week of 7 October 2026

It enables administrators to share a view of content within another website.

A visitor could trigger heavy database searches by guessing hidden web addresses. They could slow down the website. They could not see any hidden data or alter any website content.

Who could do thisAnyone visiting the site. No login needed.
Does it apply to youA site is affected if an attacker knows the specific IDs of the view and display.
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 Views Share to 2.0.1.

For developers: what the fix changed

Adds an access check for the display ID to the view object in the preview, oembed, and modal methods of the ViewsShareController class.

Also in this release Updates the oembed method return type and changes how the format parameter is retrieved to resolve PHPStan issues.

2.0.0 to 2.0.1 1 commit, 1 file.

src/Controller/ViewsShareController.php +5 −5 fix

Full diff, 2.0.0 to 2.0.1

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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