#VU550 Cross-site scripting in Drupal
Published: September 20, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU550
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Drupal
Drupal
Software vendor:
Drupal
Drupal
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by incorrect filtration of input data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Update 4.7.x to 4.7.11.
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-4.7.11.tar.gz
Update 5.x to 5.6.
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-5.6.tar.gz
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-4.7.11.tar.gz
Update 5.x to 5.6.
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-5.6.tar.gz