CVS management/tracker module for Drupal motivation field cross-site scripting
| drupalcvs-motivation-xss (30748) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
CVS management/Tracker module for Drupal is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the motivation field in the CVS application page. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of CVS management/tracker (version 4.7.x-1.1 or later), as listed in Drupal Security Advisory DRUPAL-SA-2006-028. See References.
References:
- DRUPAL-SA-2006-028: CVS management/tracker XSS.
- BID-21455: Drupal CVS Management/Tracker Motivation Field Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-6386: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the CVS management/tracker 4.7.x-1.0, 4.7.x-2.0, and 4.7.0 (before the 20060807 contribution release system) for Drupal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the motivation field in the CVS application page, which is not passed through check_markup on display.
- SA23261: Drupal CVS management/tracker Module Cross-Site Scripting
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4870: CVS management/tracker for Drupal motivation Field Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- phpMiX CVS management/tracker for Drupal 4.7.0
- phpMiX CVS management/tracker for Drupal 4.7.x-1.0
- phpMiX CVS management/tracker for Drupal 4.7.x-2.0
Reported:
Dec 05, 2006
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