- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-080
- Project: Social Stats (third-party module)
- Version: 7.x
- Date: 2014-August-20
- Security risk: 8/25 ( Less Critical) AC:Basic/A:User/CI:None/II:None/E:Theoretical/TD:100
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
The Social Stats module enables you to collect statistics from various social networks and use that data with the Views module as field data, sort criteria, or filter criteria.
The module does not sufficiently filter user-supplied text that is stored in the configuration, resulting in a persistent Cross Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS).
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "[Content Type]: Create new content".
CVE identifier(s) issued
- CVE-2014-5456
Versions affected
- Social Stats 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.5.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Social Stats module,
there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Social Stats module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to 7.x-1.5
Also see the Social Stats project page.
Reported by
Fixed by
- Ajit Shinde the module maintainer
Coordinated by
- Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team
- David Stoline 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 https://www.drupal.org/contact.
Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies, writing secure code for Drupal, and securing your site.
