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- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2008-043
- Project: Outline designer (third-party module)
- Version: 5.x
- Date: 2008-July-2
- Security risk: Highly critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Privilege escalation
Description
The Outline designer module provides a visual way of structuring content in books.
A programming error in the module causes the current user to become authenticated as the author of the viewed content item.
Versions affected
- Outline designer for Drupal 5.x prior to 5.x-1.4.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Outline designer module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
See also the Outline designer project page.
Contact
The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact and by selecting the security issues category.