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By Drupal Security Team on
- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2015-074
- Project: Site Documentation (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x
- Date: 2015-March-11
- Security risk: 14/25 ( Moderately Critical) AC:Basic/A:User/CI:Some/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:All
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
Site Documentation module enables you to display detailed configuration information.
The module doesn't sufficiently sanitize user supplied text in some pages, thereby exposing a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a user with permission to create/edit taxonomy terms.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- CVE-2015-4370
Versions affected
- Site Documentation 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.5.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Site Documentation module,
there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Site Documentation module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Site Documentation 6.x-1.5
Also see the Site Documentation project page.
Reported by
- Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team
Fixed by
- Nancy Wichmann the module maintainer
Coordinated by
- Pere Orga of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
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