E-Publish module for Drupal forms cross-site request forgery
| epublish-forms-csrf (41978) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The E-Publish module for Drupal is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by certain forms. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to delete topics, sections, editions, volumes, and publications, or to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning and other malicious activities.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to DRUPAL-SA-2008-029 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- DRUPAL-SA-2008-029: E-Publish - Cross site scripting and Cross site request forgeries.
- CVE-2008-1981: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in E-Publish 5.x before 5.x-1.1 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0 beta1, a Drupal module, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as other users via unspecified vectors.
- SA29960: Drupal E-Publish Module Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1353: Drupal E-Publish Module Cross Site Scripting and Request Forgery
Platforms Affected:
- Drupal E-Publish 4.6.x-1.x dev
- Drupal E-Publish 4.7.x-1.x dev
- Drupal E-Publish 5.x-1.0
- Drupal E-Publish 5.x-1.x dev
- Drupal E-Publish 6.x-1.x dev
- Drupal E-Publish HEAD
Reported:
Apr 24, 2008
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