Drupal BUEditor Live Preview Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:36320

Info

Drupal BUEditor Live Preview Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 36320
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 09 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 11 2009 07:51PM
Credit: Derek Wright
Vulnerable: Drupal BUEditor 6.x-1.3
Drupal BUEditor 5.x-1.1
Not Vulnerable: Drupal BUEditor 6.x-1.4
Drupal BUEditor 5.x-1.2

Discussion

Drupal BUEditor Live Preview Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BUEditor is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and to steal cookie-based authentication credentials.

Exploit / POC

Drupal BUEditor Live Preview Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Drupal BUEditor Live Preview Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

Drupal BUEditor Live Preview Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

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