#VU549 Cross-site scripting in Drupal

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#VU549 Cross-site scripting in Drupal

Published: September 20, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU549
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
Software vendor:
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

To work around this vulnerability, administrators can:

1.Disable register_globals (refer to the PHP documantation on information how to configure PHP.

2. Ensure .tpl.php files are not accessible via the web.


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