Exposed Filter Data - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Posted by Drupal Security Team on September 5, 2012 at 7:29pm
Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2012-138
Project: Exposed Filter Data (third-party module)
Version: 6.x
Date: 2012-September-05
Security risk: Critical
Exploitable from: Remote
Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
The Exposed Filter Data facilitates displaying data posted to Views via an exposed filter. The module does not properly sanitize user-supplied data prior to output, leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
CVE: Requested
Versions affected
Exposed Filter Data 6.x-1.x versions prior to 6.x-1.2.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Exposed Filter Data module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
If you use the Exposed Filter Data module for Drupal 6.x, upgrade to Exposed Filter Data 6.x-1.2.
The 7.x-1.x branch is not vulnerable. If you use Exposed Filter Data for Drupal 7.x, there is nothing you need to do.
Also see the Exposed Filter Data project page.
Reported by
Joe Tsui
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Fixed by
Shushu Inbar, the module maintainer
Coordinated by
Michael Hess (mlhess) of the Drupal Security Team
Ivo Van Geertruyen (mr.baileys) of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at http://drupal.org/contact.