• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2011-054
  • Project: CKEditor - WYSIWYG HTML editor (third-party module)
  • Version: 7.x
  • Date: 2011-November-09
  • Security risk: Critical
  • Exploitable from: Remote
  • Vulnerability: Access bypass

Description

The CKEditor module allows Drupal to replace textarea fields with the CKEditor - a visual HTML editor, sometimes called WYSIWYG editor. The module doesn't protect private files appropriately. Private files can downloaded by anyone able to guess their URL.

CVE identifier(s) issued

  • CVE-2011-4972

Versions affected

  • CKEditor 7.x-1.4 version only

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed CKEditor - WYSIWYG HTML editor module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

See also the CKEditor - WYSIWYG HTML editor project page.

Reported by

Fixed by

Coordinated by

Contact and More Information

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