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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.1680 FAQ (Drupal third-party module): Cross Site Scripting 24 December 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: FAQ (Drupal third-party module) Publisher: Drupal Operating System: Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade Original Bulletin: http://drupal.org/node/666760 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-113 * Project: FAQ (third-party module) * Version: 5.x, 6.x * Date: 2009-December-23 * Security risk: Moderately Critical * Exploitable from: Remote * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting - -------- DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------- The Frequently Asked Questions (faq) module allows users, with the appropriate permissions, to create question and answer pairs which are displayed on the 'faq' page, and in the random and recent FAQ blocks. The module does not sanitize some of the user-supplied data before displaying it, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that the attacker must have a role with the 'administer faq', 'create faq' or 'edit faq' permissions. If using the FAQ module with the FAQ Ask module, the attacker may also exploit the vulnerability if they have the 'ask question' permission. - -------- VERSIONS AFFECTED --------------------------------------------------- * FAQ module 5.x-2.13 and prior versions * FAQ module 6.x-1.10 and prior versions Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed FAQ [2] module, there is nothing you need to do. - -------- SOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------ Install the latest version: * If you use the FAQ module for Drupal 5.x upgrade to FAQ 5.x-2.14 * If you use the FAQ module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to FAQ 6.x-1.11 See also the FAQ module project page [3]. - -------- REPORTED BY --------------------------------------------------------- * stella [4] (the module maintainer) - -------- FIXED BY ------------------------------------------------------------ * stella [5] (the module maintainer) - -------- CONTACT ------------------------------------------------------------- The security team for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting [2] http://drupal.org/project/faq [3] http://drupal.org/project/faq [4] http://drupal.org/user/66894 [5] http://drupal.org/user/66894 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. NOTE: Third Party Rights This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write the document quoted above, AusCERT has had no control over its content. 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