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- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-022
- Project: nodeauthor (third-party module)
- Version: 7.x
- Date: 2015-January-14
- Security risk: 12/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Basic/A:Admin/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:Default
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
This module displays node author information in a jQuery slider.
The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize Profile2 fields in a provided block.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a user account allowed to edit profile fields.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- CVE-2015-3365
Versions affected
- All versions of nodeauthor module.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed nodeauthor module,
there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
If you use the nodeauthor module you should uninstall it.
Also see the nodeauthor project page.
Reported by
- Pere Orga provisional member of the Drupal Security Team
Fixed by
Not applicable.
Coordinated by
- Pere Orga provisional member of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
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