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By Drupal Security Team on
- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-012
- Project: Modal Frame API (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x
- Date: 2014-February-05
- Security risk: Moderately critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
This module enables provides an API to render an iframe within a modal dialog based on the jQuery UI Dialog plugin. You should not install this module unless another module requires you to, or you wish to use it for your own custom modules.
The module doesn't sufficiently filter user supplied text.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- CVE-2014-8296
Versions affected
- modalframe 6.x-1.8 and prior versions
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Modal Frame API module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Modal Frame API module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to modalframe 6.x-1.9.
Also see the Modal Frame API project page.
Reported by
- Erich Beyrent
Fixed by
- David Snopek the module maintainer.
Contact and More Information
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