Drupal Rate Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49977
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 05 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 05 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Zakaria Rachid, Maurits Lawende and Greg Knaddison
Vulnerable:	Drupal Rate 7.x-1.1 Drupal Rate 6.X-1.2
Not Vulnerable:	Drupal Rate 7.x-1.2 Drupal Rate 6.X-1.3

Drupal Rate Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Drupal Rate module is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly 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. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Rate 6.x-1.2 and 7.x-1.1 are vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Drupal Rate Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Drupal Rate Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Drupal Rate Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Download Rate 6.x-1.3 (Drupal)
  
• Download Rate 7.x-1.2 (Drupal)
  
• Drupal Rate Homepage (Drupal)
  
• SA-CONTRIB-2011-045 - Rate module Cross Site Scripting (Drupal)