Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal unspecified cross-site scripting
| tinytax-taxonomy-unspecified-xss (43549) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability when creating taxonomy terms 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.0
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.1
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.2
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.3
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.4
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.5
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.6
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.7
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.8
- Drupal, Tinytax taxonomy block module for Drupal 5.x-1.9
Remedy:
Refer to DRUPAL-SA-2008-042 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- DRUPAL-SA-2008-042, Tinytax - Cross site scripting at http://drupal.org/node/277879.
- BID-30069: Drupal Tinytax taxonomy block Module HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-3097: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Tinytax module (aka Tinytax taxonomy block) 5.x before 5.x-1.10-1 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, probably by creating a crafted taxonomy term.
- SA30934: Drupal Tinytax taxonomy block Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 02, 2008
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