Drupal Twitter Pull Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	55768
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-5541
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 03 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 23 2012 01:50PM
Credit:	Sylvain Delbosc, Alex Pott, Tom Phethean
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Drupal Twitter Pull Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Twitter Pull module for Drupal 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.

The following are vulnerable:

Twitter Pull 6.x-1.x through versions prior to 6.x-1.3
Twitter Pull 7.x-1.x through versions prior to 7.x-1.0-rc3

Drupal Twitter Pull Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Drupal Twitter Pull Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Drupal Twitter Pull Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Drupal Homepage (Drupal)