-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Description of Vulnerability: - ----------------------------- Drupal (http://drupal.org) is a robust content management system (CMS) written in PHP and MySQL. The Drupal Custom Pagers module (http://drupal.org/project/custom_pagers) "allows administrators to define context-sensitive previous/next pagers for any node type." The Custom Pagers module contains an arbitrary HTML injection vulnerability (also known as cross site scripting, or XSS) due to the fact that it fails to sanitize Custom Pagers names before display in the administrative back end interface. Systems affected: - ----------------- Drupal 5.21 with Custom Pagers 5.x-1.9, and Drupal 6.19 with Custom Pagers 6.x-1.0-beta2 were tested and shown to be vulnerable Impact - ------ User could inject arbitrary scripts into pages affecting site users. This could result in administrative account compromise leading to web server process compromise. A more likely scenario would be for an attacker to inject hidden content (such as iframes, applets, or embedded objects) that would attack client browsers in an attempt to compromise site users' machines. This vulnerability could also be used to launch cross site request forgery (XSRF) attacks against the site that could have other unexpected consequences. Mitigating factors: - ------------------- In order to exploit this vulnerability the attacker must have credentials to an authorized account that has been assigned the 'administer custom pagers' permission. This could be accomplished via social engineering, brute force password guessing, or abuse or legitimate credentials. Proof of concept: - ----------------- 1. Install Drupal, and the Custom Pager module 2. Navigate to the Custom pagers administration page at ?q=admin/build/custom_pagers 3. Click the 'Add a new custom pager' link or go to ?q=admin/build/custom_pagers/add 4. For the 'Title' of the new page enter "" 5. Enter arbitrary values for the rest of the form and click the 'Submit' button 6. Observe the persistent XSS at ?q=admin/build/custom_pagers Patch: - ------------------------------------------ Applying the following patch mitigates this issue in version 5.x-1.9 - --- custom_pagers/custom_pagers.module 2007-08-16 09:49:33.000000000 -0400 +++ custom_pagers/custom_pagers.module 2011-01-31 16:33:08.657233745 -0500 @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function custom_pagers_page() { $rows = array(); foreach ($pagers as $pager) { $row = array(); - - $row[] = $pager->title; + $row[] = check_plain($pager->title); $row[] = !empty($pager->list_php) ? t('PHP snippet') : $pager->view . t(' view'); $row[] = !empty($pager->visibility_php) ? t('PHP snippet') : $pager->node_type . t(' nodes'); $row[] = l(t('edit'), 'admin/build/custom_pagers/edit/' . $pager->pid); Applying the following patch mitigates this issue in version 6.x-1.0-beta2 - --- custom_pagers/custom_pagers.admin.inc 2010-01-17 17:57:39.000000000 - -0500 +++ custom_pagers/custom_pagers.admin.inc 2011-01-31 16:36:10.967026063 - -0500 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function custom_pagers_page() { $rows = array(); foreach ($pagers as $pager) { $row = array(); - - $row[] = $pager->title; + $row[] = check_plain($pager->title); $row[] = !empty($pager->list_php) ? t('PHP snippet') : t('%view_name view', array('%view_name' => $pager->view)); $row[] = !empty($pager->visibility_php) ? t('PHP snippet') : t('%node_type nodes', array('%node_type' => $pager->node_type)); $row[] = l(t('edit'), 'admin/build/custom_pagers/edit/' . $pager->pid); Vendor Response: - ------------------------------------------ Drupal security team no longer supports vulnerabilities in Drupal 5 and explicitly does not support resolution of vulnerabilities in modules designated alpha, beta, dev, or other testing release. Module maintainer notified in public forums. Disclosure also posted at http://www.madirish.net/?article=479 - -- Justin Klein Keane http://www.MadIrish.net The digital signature on this e-mail may be confirmed using the PGP key located at: http://www.madirish.net/gpgkey -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iPwEAQECAAYFAk1HMegACgkQkSlsbLsN1gCTigb/Xj3RJjyzB1vYt5mQlhh5UJBe NA+2mg3zn5t18taTS3Z/tbS5RcchLk2wsf87Afh/MvRDvIJIukkFJtH6X0HXVamx fz8//sDiriSbz6729i2wLo0cy1ei/rBZLVKfGGRqvOrPiI/TBO69xhTdkEYXXSob tbKzJzFCfTv8qn+EVXOzeAzXrk2VMnMUpJ5uNv4aBoVfMPTJ7SgnKf2x1CGYYhNA WFsvczG6mPQ1Q5Z3L+Lt+VIxgcC3u+Bf/WDZ1GxntyOOqvUjaebpv5YyeMlkLqju alZDmoTqjHy8w7WNqhE= =dxhm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/