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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0119 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] Views bulk operations (Drupal third party module) - Cross site scripting 5 February 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Views bulk operations for Drupal 5.x prior to 5.x-1.3 Views bulk operations for Drupal 6.x prior to 6.x-1.4 Publisher: Drupal Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Administrator Compromise Cross-site Scripting Access: Remote/Unauthenticated Original Bulletin: http://drupal.org/node/369223 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - ---- DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-005 - VIEWS BULK OPERATIONS - CROSS SITE SCRIPTING - ---- * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-005 * Project: Views bulk operations (third-party module) * Version: 5.x, 6.x * Date: 2009 February 04 * Security risk: Less critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross-site scripting (XSS) - ---- DESCRIPTION ---- Views bulk operations augments Views by enabling bulk operations to be executed on the content displayed by a view. Views bulk operations does not properly escape user-supplied data on some pages, allowing malicious users to insert arbitrary HTML and script code into these pages. Such a cross site scripting [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting ] (XSS) attack may lead to a malicious user gaining full administrative access. - ---- VERSIONS AFFECTED ---- * Versions of Views bulk operations for Drupal 5.x prior to 5.x-1.3 * Versions of Views bulk operations for Drupal 6.x prior to 6.x-1.4 Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Views bulk operations module, there is nothing you need to do. - ---- SOLUTION ---- Install the latest version: * If you use Views bulk operations for Drupal 5.x upgrade to Views bulk operations 5.x-1.3 [ http://drupal.org/node/369244 ] * If you use Views bulk operations for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Views bulk operations 6.x-1.4 [ http://drupal.org/node/369243 ] See also the Views bulk operations project page [ http://drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations ]. - ---- REPORTED BY ---- Derek Wright (dww [ http://drupal.org/user/46549 ]) of the Drupal Security Team [ http://drupal.org/security-team ]. - ---- CONTACT ---- The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at [ http://drupal.org/contact ]. - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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