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  • Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2006-008
  • Project: Drupal core
  • Date: 2006-Jun-01
  • Security risk: less critical
  • Impact: Drupal core
  • Exploitable from: remote
  • Vulnerability: cross-site scripting

Description

It is possible for a malicious user to insert and execute XSS into terms, due to lack of validation on output of the page title. The fix wraps the display of terms in check_plain().

Versions affected

- Drupal 4.6.x versions before Drupal 4.6.8.
- Drupal 4.7.x versions before Drupal 4.7.2.

Solution

If you are running Drupal 4.6.x then upgrade to Drupal 4.6.8.
If you are running Drupal 4.7.x then upgrade to Drupal 4.7.2.

To patch Drupal 4.6.7 use the http://drupal.org/files/sa-2006-008/4.6.7.patch.
To patch Drupal 4.7.1 use the http://drupal.org/files/sa-2006-008/4.7.1.patch.

Reported by

Bart Jansens

Contact

The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security at drupal.org or using the form at http://drupal.org/contact.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.6.x, Drupal 4.7.x