Drupal Devel Module Variable Editor HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36508
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 23 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 24 2009 04:40PM
Credit:	Stéphane Corlosquet of the Drupal Security Team
Vulnerable:	Drupal Devel 6.x-1.17 Drupal Devel 5.x-1.1
Not Vulnerable:	Drupal Devel 6.x-1.18 Drupal Devel 5.x-1.2

Drupal Devel Module Variable Editor HTML Injection Vulnerability

The Devel 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.

Versions prior to Devel 6.x-1.18 and 5.x-1.2 are affected.

Drupal Devel Module Variable Editor HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

Drupal Devel Module Variable Editor HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.


Drupal Devel 6.x-1.17

• Drupal devel-6.x-1.18.tar.gz
  http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/devel-6.x-1.18.tar.gz

Drupal Devel Module Variable Editor HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Drupal Devel Homepage (Drupal)
  
• DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2009-062 - Devel - Cross Site Scripting (Drupal)