SA-CONTRIB-2013-074 - MediaFront - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

• Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2013-074
• Project: MediaFront (third-party module)
• Version: 6.x, 7.x
• Date: 2013-September-11
• Security risk: Moderately critical
• Exploitable from: Remote
• Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

Description

The MediaFront module provides a front-end media presentation layer for Drupal

The module doesn't sufficiently filter user input from MediaFront preset settings.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "administer mediafront" to exploit this bug.

CVE identifier(s) issued

• CVE-2013-4380

Versions affected

• MediaFront 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.6.
• MediaFront 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.6.
• MediaFront 7.x-2.x versions prior to 7.x-2.1.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed MediaFront module, there is nothing you need to do.

Solution

Install the latest version:

• If you use the MediaFront module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to MediaFront 6.x-1.6
• If you use the MediaFront module version 1.x for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to MediaFront 7.x-1.6
• If you use the MediaFront module version 2.x for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to MediaFront 7.x-2.1

Also see the MediaFront project page.

Reported by

• Justin KleinKeane

Fixed by

• Justin KleinKeane
• Travis Tidwell the module maintainer

Coordinated by

• Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team

Contact and More Information

The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact.

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