Organic groups module for Drupal unspecified cross-site scripting

organic-groups-unspecified-xss (43572) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

The Organic groups 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 starting a discussion in a group 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 victim joins a group and starts a discussion. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.


Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Refer to DRUPAL-SA-2008-040 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • DRUPAL-SA-2008-040: Organic Groups - Cross site scripting and information disclosure.
  • BID-30070: Drupal Organic Groups Cross Site Scripting And Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2008-3095: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Organic Groups (OG) module 5.x before 5.x-7.3 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-RC1, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with group owner permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
  • OSVDB ID: 46698: Organic Groups Module for Drupal Unspecified XSS
  • SA30928: Drupal Organic groups Information Disclosure and Script Insertion

Platforms Affected:

  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-5.1
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-6.0 rc6
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-6.0
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-6.0 rc3
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-6.0 rc5
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-6.0 rc2
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-6.1
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.0 rc1
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.0 rc3
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.0 rc4
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.0 rc5
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.0
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.0 rc2
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.1
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 5.x-7.2
  • Drupal Organic groups module for Drupal 6.x-1.0 beta1

Reported:

Jul 02, 2008

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