[IT-SecNots] [Security-news] SA-CONTRIB-2014-020 - Drupal Commons - Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

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View online: https://drupal.org/node/2194877

   * Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2014-020
   * Project: Drupal Commons [1] (third-party distribution)
   * Version: 7.x
   * Date: 2014-02-12
   * Security risk: Moderately critical [2]
   * Exploitable from: Remote
   * Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting

-------- DESCRIPTION
---------------------------------------------------------

Drupal Commons is a ready-to-use solution for building either internal or
external communities. It provides a complete social business software
solution for organizations. Drupal Commons displays an "activity stream"
containing messages about actions users take on the site.

In some cases, messages about content creation are not properly sanitized,
leading to cross site scripting in those messages.

The vulnerability is mitigated in that only certain kinds of activity stream
messages are affected, and not all arbitrary script can be executed.


-------- CVE IDENTIFIER(S) ISSUED
--------------------------------------------

   * /A CVE identifier [3] will be requested, and added upon issuance, in
     accordance with Drupal Security Team processes./

-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
---------------------------------------------------

   * Drupal Commons 7.x-3.x versions prior to 7.x-3.9.

Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Drupal Commons
[4] distribution, there is nothing you need to do.

-------- SOLUTION
------------------------------------------------------------

Install the latest version:

   * If you use the Drupal 7 Commons distribution, upgrade to Commons 7.x-3.9
     [5]

Also see the Drupal Commons [6] project page.

-------- REPORTED BY
---------------------------------------------------------

   * Grant Gaudet [7]
   * Jakob Perry [8]

-------- FIXED BY
------------------------------------------------------------

   * Jakob Perry [9] the project maintainer
   * Ezra Gildesgame [10]

-------- COORDINATED BY
------------------------------------------------------

   * Peter Wolanin [11] of the Drupal Security Team

-------- CONTACT AND MORE INFORMATION
----------------------------------------

The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the
contact form at http://drupal.org/contact [12].

Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies [13], writing
secure code for Drupal [14], and securing your site [15].

Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity [16]


[1] http://drupal.org/project/commons
[2] http://drupal.org/security-team/risk-levels
[3] http://cve.mitre.org/
[4] http://drupal.org/project/commons
[5] https://drupal.org/node/2194777
[6] http://drupal.org/project/commons
[7] http://drupal.org/user/360002
[8] http://drupal.org/user/45640
[9] http://drupal.org/user/45640
[10] http://drupal.org/user/69959
[11] https://drupal.org/user/49851
[12] http://drupal.org/contact
[13] http://drupal.org/security-team
[14] http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
[15] http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration
[16] https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity

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