Drupal Taxonomy Vocabulary 'Help text' HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:34893

Info

Drupal Taxonomy Vocabulary 'Help text' HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34893
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-1844
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 08 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 08 2009 08:59PM
Credit: Justin Klein Keane
Vulnerable: Drupal Drupal 6.9
Drupal Drupal 6.7
Drupal Drupal 6.6
Drupal Drupal 6.5
Drupal Drupal 6.4
Drupal Drupal 6.3
Drupal Drupal 6.2
Drupal Drupal 6.11
Drupal Drupal 6.10
Drupal Drupal 6.1
Drupal Drupal 6.0
Drupal Drupal 5.9
Drupal Drupal 5.8
Drupal Drupal 5.7
Drupal Drupal 5.6
Drupal Drupal 5.5
Drupal Drupal 5.4
Drupal Drupal 5.3
Drupal Drupal 5.2
Drupal Drupal 5.17
Drupal Drupal 5.16
Drupal Drupal 5.15
Drupal Drupal 5.13
Drupal Drupal 5.12
Drupal Drupal 5.11
Drupal Drupal 5.10
Drupal Drupal 5.1 revision 1.1
Drupal Drupal 5.1
Drupal Drupal 5.0
Not Vulnerable: Drupal Drupal 6.12
Drupal Drupal 5.18

Discussion

Drupal Taxonomy Vocabulary 'Help text' HTML Injection Vulnerability

The Taxonomy module for Drupal is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would run in the context of the affected browser, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user. Other attacks are also possible.

Note that to exploit this issue, attackers require valid authentication credentials with 'administer taxonomy' privileges.

Drupal 5.17 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
http://drupal.org/node/207891

Exploit / POC

Drupal Taxonomy Vocabulary 'Help text' HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Drupal Taxonomy Vocabulary 'Help text' HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Drupal Drupal 6.11

Drupal Drupal 5.17

References

Drupal Taxonomy Vocabulary 'Help text' HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

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