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Secunia Security Advisory 38281

Secunia Security Advisory 38281
Posted Jan 21, 2010
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in the Recent Comments module for Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.

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Secunia Security Advisory 38281

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TITLE:
Drupal Recent Comments Module Script Insertion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38281

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38281/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Recent Comments module for
Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script
insertion attacks.

Input passed via titles of Recent Comments blocks when using a custom
block title interface is not properly sanitised before being displayed
to the user. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script
code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of
an affected site when the malicious data is being viewed.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 6.x-1.1 and
5.x-1.3.

SOLUTION:
Recent Comments 6.x:
Update to version 6.x-1.1.
http://drupal.org/node/688632

Recent Comments 5.x:
Update to version 5.x-1.3.
http://drupal.org/node/688636

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Dylan Tack of the Drupal Security Team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SA-CONTRIB-2010-008:
http://drupal.org/node/690734

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
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Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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