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- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-049
- Project: Live (third-party module)
- Version: 6.x
- Date: 2009-July-29
- Security risk: Highly critical
- Exploitable from: Remote
- Vulnerability: Impersonation, privilege escalation
Description
The Live module provides dynamic previews of content. When editing certain content (nodes), the current user becomes logged in as the content's original author.
Versions affected
- Live for Drupal 6.x prior to 6.x-1.2
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Live module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Upgrade to the latest version:
- If you use Live for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Live 6.x-1.2
See also the Live project page.
Reported by
Fixed by
Contact
The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the form at http://drupal.org/contact.
