Drupal Taxonews Module CVE-2015-3369 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	74274
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2015-3369
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 21 2015 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 21 2015 12:00AM
Credit:	Pere Orga
Vulnerable:	Drupal Taxonews 7.x-1.0 Drupal Taxonews 6.X-1.1 Drupal Taxonews 6.x-1.0
Not Vulnerable:	Drupal Taxonews 7.x-1.1 Drupal Taxonews 6.x-1.2

Drupal Taxonews Module CVE-2015-3369 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Taxonews 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Drupal Taxonews Module CVE-2015-3369 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Drupal Taxonews Module CVE-2015-3369 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Drupal Taxonews Module CVE-2015-3369 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Drupal Homepage (Drupal)
  
• Taxonews Homepage (Drupal)
  
• SA-CONTRIB-2015-026 - Taxonews - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (Drupal)