Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in the Autocomplete Widgets for CCK Text and Number module for Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Drupal Autocomplete Widgets for CCK Text and Number Module Security
Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37879
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37879/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Autocomplete Widgets for CCK
Text and Number module for Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious
users to bypass certain security restrictions.
An error in the handling of access permissions in autocomplete
callback can be exploited to access otherwise restricted field values
via CCK fields.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 6.x-1.3.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.x-1.3.
http://drupal.org/node/670928
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
mr.baileys
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SA-CONTRIB-2009-115:
http://drupal.org/node/670942
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