- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-084
- Project: Avatar Uploader (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x, 7.x
- Date: 2014-08-20
- Security risk: 16/25 ( Critical) AC:Basic/A:User/CI:All/II:None/E:Exploit/TD:100
- Vulnerability: Information Disclosure
Description
The Avatar Uploader enables you to upload user pictures in a user-friendly way, like Quora and Facebook.
The module doesn't sufficiently check the picture path when a user crops the picture in the uploader panel allowing a malicious user to make specially crafted requests to obtain sensitive server files that are readable by the webserver user.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must know or guess the relative path out of the temporary directory and to the sensitive files.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- CVE-2014-9155
Versions affected
- Avatar_Uploader 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.2
- Avatar_Uploader 7.x-1.x versions prior to 7.x-1.0-beta5
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Avatar Uploader module,
there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Avatar_Uploader module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Avatar_Uploader 6.x-1.2
- If you use the Avatar_Uploader module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Avatar_Uploader 7.x-1.0-beta6
Also see the Avatar Uploader project page.
Reported by
Fixed by
- Damien Norris
- Greg Knaddison of the Drupal Security Team
- Robbin Zhao the module maintainer
Coordinated by
Contact and More Information
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