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- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2007-032
- Project: Shoutbox (third-party module)
- Version: 5.x
- Date: 2007-December-05
- Security risk: Less critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Cross site scripting
Description
Message sent from the Shoutbox block, where visitors can quickly post short messages, are not properly sanitized in a number of cases. This allows malicious users to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into the block. Learn more about cross site scripting on Wikipedia.
Versions affected
- Shoutbox for Drupal 5.x before Shoutbox 5.x-1.1.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Shoutbox module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use Drupal 5.x upgrade to Shoutbox 5.x-1.1.
See also the Shoutbox project page.
Reported by
Allister Beharry (allisterbeharry).
Contact
The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact.