Privatemsg - Cross Site Scripting | Develop Site
* Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2010-080
* Project: Privatemsg (third-party module)
* Version: 6.x
* Date: 2010-August-11
* Security risk: Moderately critical
* Exploitable from: Remote
* Vulnerability: Cross-Site Scripting
-------- DESCRIPTION
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The Privatemsg module allows to send private messages between users. The
module does not properly escape user-supplied data before displaying it,
leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS [1]) vulnerability. Any user with
permission to write private messages is vulnerable to attack.
-------- VERSIONS AFFECTED
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* Privatemsg module for Drupal 6.x versions prior to 6.x-1.3
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Privatemsg [2]
module, there is nothing you need to do.
-------- SOLUTION
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Install the latest version:
* If you use the Privatemsg module for Drupal 6.x upgrade to Privatemsg
6.x-1.3 [3]
See also the Privatemsg project page [4].
-------- REPORTED BY
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* Ben Durbin (bdurbin) [5]
-------- FIXED BY
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* Ben Durbin (bdurbin) [6]
* Sascha Grossenbacher (Berdir) [7], module maintainer